2 Chronicles 32:3
he consulted with his leaders and his powerful men to stop up the waters of the springs that were outside the city; they helped him do so.
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2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to fight against Jerusalem,
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2 Kings 20:20As for the other matters concerning Hezekiah, and all his power, and how he constructed the pool and the conduit, and how he brought water into the city—are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?
2 Chronicles 32:30It was this same Hezekiah who also stopped up the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and who brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. Hezekiah succeeded in all his projects.
Proverbs 20:18Plans are established by advice 1 and only with wise guidance should you wage war. 1
Isaiah 22:8He took away the protection of Judah; 1 and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest. 1
Romans 11:34“For who has known the mind of the Lord 1 or who has become his advisor? 1
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 →