2 Chronicles 32:30

2 Chronicles 32:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
• New International Version (NIV)It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon, and brought the water by tunnel to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He blocked up the upper spring of Gihon and brought the water down through a tunnel to the west side of the City of David. And so he succeeded in everything he did.

Context of 2 Chronicles 32:30

28storehouses also for the yield of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of cattle, and sheepfolds. 29He likewise provided cities for himself, and flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great possessions. This same Hezekiah closed the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. 31And so in the matter of the envoys of the princes of Babylon, who had been sent to him to inquire about the sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, in order to test him and to know all that was in his heart. 32Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

2 Chronicles 32:30 word by word

וְה֣וּא יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ סָתַם֙ אֶת־מוֹצָ֞א מֵימֵ֤י גִיחוֹן֙ הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן וַֽיַּישְּׁרֵ֥ם לְמַֽטָּה־מַּעְרָ֖בָה לְעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד וַיַּצְלַ֥ח יְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּכָֽל־מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• This same Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהyechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · JehizkiahH3169
• also stoppedסָתַםsâtham ώâtham · to closeH5640
• the upperעֶלְיוֹן‛elyôn · highH5945
• watercourseמַיmayim · waterH4325
• watercourseמוֹצָאmôtsâ' môtsâ' · exitH4161
• of Gihonגִּיחוֹןgîychôn gichôn · GihonH1521
• and brought it straightיָשַׁרyâshar · to smoothH3474
• downמַ֫טָּהmaţţâh · beneathH4295
• to the west sideמַעֲרָבma‛ărâb ma‛ărâbâh · westH4628
• of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• prosperedצָלֵחַtsâlach tsâlêach · to prosperH6743
• in all his worksמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deedH4639

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 32:30

• 1 Kings 1:45And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.
• 2 Chronicles 32:4A 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?"
• Isaiah 22:9and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. You collected the waters of the lower pool,
• 1 Kings 1:33And the king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
• Joshua 1:7Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
• Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 32:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30The upper watercourse - He made canals to bring the waters of Gihon from the west side of Jerusalem to the west side of the city of David.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30See 2 Chronicles 32:3 note. Either then or afterward, Hezekiah conducted the water of this spring by an underground channel down the Tyropoeon valley to a pool or reservoir (marginal reference).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-33Verses 24-33 God left Hezekiah to himself, that, by this trial and his weakness in it, what was in his heart might be known; that he was not so perfect in grace as he thought he was. It is good for us to know ourselves, and our own weakness and sinfulness, that we may not be conceited, or self-confident, but may always live in dependence upon Divine grace. We know not the corruption of our own hearts, nor what we shall do if God leaves us to ourselves…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-30Hezekiah's wealth made him a king similar to Solomon.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. stopped the ... watercourse of Gihon, and brought it ... to the west side of the city, &c.--(Compare 2Ki 20:20). Particular notice is here taken of the aqueduct, as among the greatest of Hezekiah's works. "In exploring the subterranean channel conveying the water from Virgin's Fount to Siloam, I discovered a similar channel entering from the north, a few yards from its commencement; and on tracing it up near the Mugrabin gate, where it became so…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 32:30

• Gihon
• Hezekiah
• Jerusalem
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• David
• Hezekiah
• City of David
• Conduit
• Gihon
• Jerusalem
• Chronicles, Books of
• Cistern; Well; Pool; Aqueduct
• Fuller's Field, the
• Gihon (2)

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