Berean Standard Bible
2 Chronicles 32:3
3he consulted with his leaders and mighty men about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.
2 Chronicles 32:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)he consulted with his officials and military staff about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city, and they helped him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)he planned with his officers and his mighty men to stop the water of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)he consulted with his leaders and commanders to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him.
Context of 2 Chronicles 32:3
1After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself. 2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem, he consulted with his leaders and mighty men about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out. 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. 5Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 322 Chronicles 32:3 word by word
וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץ עִם־שָׂרָיו֙ וְגִבֹּרָ֔יו לִסְתּוֹם֙ אֶת־מֵימֵ֣י הָעֲיָנ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִח֣וּץ לָעִ֑יר וַֽיַּעְזְרֽוּהוּ׃Read the interlinear
- he consultedיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
- withעִם‛im · withH5973
- his leadersשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
- and mighty menגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
- about stopping upסָתַםsâtham ώâtham · to closeH5640
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
- of the springsעַ֫יִן‛ayin · springH5869
- ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- outsideחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
- the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- and they helped him carry it outעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 32:3
- 2 Chronicles 30:2For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,
- 2 Kings 18:20You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
- Proverbs 15:22Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
- Proverbs 20:18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
- Proverbs 24:6Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
- Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
- Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
- 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?
- Isaiah 22:8He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 32:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3To stop the waters - Compare 2 Chronicles 32:30. Hezekiah‘s object was probably twofold - to hide the springs outside the city in order to distress the Assyrians, and to convey their water underground into the city, in order to increase his own supply during the siege.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5Sennacherib's attack was not a surprise; Hezekiah provoked it by breaking a treaty (2 Kings 18:7, 20). Water was crucial for both attackers and defenders during sieges. Hezekiah ensured Sennacherib's army could not access the city's water supply. In a famous ancient engineering feat, Hezekiah's tunnel connected the fresh waters of the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam, providing water within the city walls. This tunnel is almost 530 meters long (about…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-82-8. when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib ... was purposed to fight against Jerusalem--An account of the means taken to fortify Jerusalem against the threatened siege is given only in this passage. The polluting or filling up of wells, and the altering of the course of rivers, is an old practice that still obtains in the wars of the East. Hezekiah's plan was to cover the fountain heads, so that they might not be discovered by the enemy, and to carry the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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