2 Chronicles 32:3

he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city; and they helped him.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

4So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the fountains, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying: 'Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?'

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Cross References

2 Kings 20:20Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

2 Chronicles 32:30This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

Proverbs 20:18Every purpose is established by counsel; and with good advice carry on war.

Isaiah 22:8And the covering of Judah was laid bare, that thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest.

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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