2 Chronicles 32:3
He took counsel with the princes, and the most valiant men, to stop up the heads of the springs, that were without the city: and as they were all of this mind,
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2 Kings 20:20And the rest of the acts of Ezechias and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought waters into the city, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?
2 Chronicles 32:30This same Ezechias was, he that stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and turned them away underneath toward the west of the city of David : in ail his works he did prosperously what he would.
Proverbs 20:18Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
Isaiah 22:8And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.
Romans 11:34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath 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 →