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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)he consulted with his officials and military advisers, and they decided to stop the flow of the springs outside the city.

Context of 2 Chronicles 32:3

1After these things and these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them for himself. 2And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and intended to fight against Jerusalem, 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. 4A great many people were gathered, and they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the land, saying, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?" 5He set to work resolutely and built up all the wall that was broken down and raised towers upon it, and outside it he built another wall, and he strengthened the Millo in the city of David. He also made weapons and shields in abundance.

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 30:2For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month—
• 2 Kings 18:20Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me?
• Proverbs 15:22Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.
• Proverbs 20:18Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.
• Proverbs 24:6for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
• Isaiah 40:13Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel?
• Romans 11:34"For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?"
• 2 Kings 20:20The rest of the deeds 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?
• Isaiah 22:8He has taken away the covering of Judah. In that day you looked to the weapons of 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