2 Chronicles 32:3

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 King Hezekiah had done all these good things, King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked Judah. He put his soldiers in camps around all the strong cities in Judah. He wanted to take the cities for himself. 2Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to attack Judah. He realized that Sennacherib had decided to attack Jerusalem. So Hezekiah talked with his advisors and his army officers about what they should do. They decided to stop all the water that came from springs around the city. They all agreed that this was a good idea. 4A big group of people came to help. They stopped the water that came from the springs and from the stream that went through that region. They said, ‘When the kings of Assyria arrive here, we do not want them to find plenty of water.’ 5King Hezekiah's men worked hard to repair the city's walls where they had broken. Hezekiah built towers on the walls. He also built another wall outside the first wall. He made the Millo around the City of David stronger, too. He also made many weapons and shields.

2 Chronicles 32:3 word by word

וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץ עִם־שָׂרָיו֙ וְגִבֹּרָ֔יו לִסְתּוֹם֙ אֶת־מֵימֵ֣י הָעֲיָנ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִח֣וּץ לָעִ֑יר וַֽיַּעְזְרֽוּהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He took counselיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• with his princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• and his mighty menגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• to stopסָתַםsâtham ώâtham · to closeH5640
• the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• of the fountainsעַ֫יִן‛ayin · springH5869
• withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and they did helpעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 32:3

• 2 Chronicles 30:2The king, his officers and all the people who lived in Jerusalem decided to have the Passover festival in the second month.
• 2 Kings 18:20You say that you have good plans. You say that your army is strong. But those are only useless words! You have turned against me, so who are you trusting to save you?
• Proverbs 15:22Without good advice, your ideas will never happen. But you will do well if you have many advisors.
• Proverbs 20:18Things will go well if you receive good advice. If you want to fight a war, ask wise people to be your advisors.
• Proverbs 24:6If you receive good advice before you fight a battle, you will win against your enemy.
• Isaiah 40:13Nobody understands the mind of the Lord. Nobody can be his advisor, to tell him what he should do.
• Romans 11:34The Bible says this: ‘Nobody knows the thoughts of the Lord God. Nobody is able to tell him what he should do.’
• 2 Kings 20:20The other things that happened while Hezekiah was king are written in a book. The book is called ‘The history of Judah's kings’. It tells about the things that Hezekiah did. It includes a report about the pool and the stream that he built to bring water into the city of Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 22:8The enemy destroyed Judah's strong places where people could be safe. In that day, you looked for 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

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 32:3

• Jerusalem
• Sennacherib
• Siege

In the dictionaries

• Hezekiah
• Sennacherib
• Fortification; Fort; Fortified Cities; Fortress
• Hezekiah (2)
• Names, Proper

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