2 Chronicles 32:3

he consulted with his leaders and commanders about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.

Berean Standard Bible

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

2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,

4Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.

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Cross References

2 Kings 20:20As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

2 Chronicles 32:30It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

Proverbs 20:18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.

Isaiah 22:8He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”

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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