2 Chronicles 32:3
he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the fountains of waters that were outside the city; and they helped him.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was minded to fight against Jerusalem,
Cross References
2 Kings 20:20And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool and the aqueduct, and brought the water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Chronicles 32:30And he, Hezekiah, stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
Proverbs 20:18Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.
Isaiah 22:8And he uncovereth the covering of Judah: and thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest;
Romans 11:34For who has known [the] mind of [the] Lord, or who has been his counsellor?
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 32:2-9
Sennacherib's Invasion; Hezekiah's Patient Confidence. ( b. c. 713.) 1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him. 4 So there was… Read the whole commentary →