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2 Chronicles 32:3

and he takes counsel with his heads and his mighty ones, to stop the waters of the fountains that [are] at the outside of the city—and they help him,

Literal Standard Version

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 Hezekiah sees that Sennacherib has come, and his face [is] to the battle against Jerusalem,

4and many people are gathered, and they stop all the fountains and the brook that is rushing into the midst of the land, saying, “Why do the kings of Asshur come, and have found much water?”

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Cross References

2 Kings 20:20And the rest of the matters of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brings in the waters to the city, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

2 Chronicles 32:30And Hezekiah himself has stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and directs them beneath to the west of the City of David, and Hezekiah prospers in all his work;

Proverbs 20:18You establish purposes by counsel, || And with plans you make war.

Isaiah 22:8And one removes the covering of Judah, || And in that day you look || To the armor of the house of the forest,

Romans 11:34For who knew the mind of the LORD? Or who became 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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