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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,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And when Ezechias saw that Sennacherib was come, and that the whole force of the war was turning against Jerusalem,

4He gathered together a very great multitude, and they stopped up all the springs, and the brook, that ran through the midst of the land, saying: Lest the kings of the Assyrians should come, and And abundance of water.

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Cross References

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 →

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