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 everything Hezekiah had done so faithfully, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to invade Judah. He set up camp ⌞to attack⌟ the fortified cities. He intended to conquer them himself. 2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to wage war against Jerusalem, he, his officers, and his military staff made plans to stop the water from flowing out of the springs outside the city. They helped him do it. 4A large crowd gathered as they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the land. They said, “Why should the kings of Assyria find plenty of water?” 5Hezekiah worked hard. He rebuilt all the broken sections of the wall, made the towers taller, built another wall outside ⌞the city wall⌟, strengthened the Millo in the City of David, and made plenty of 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 officials, and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month.
• 2 Kings 18:20You give useless advice about getting ready for war. Whom, then, do you trust for support in your rebellion against me?
• Proverbs 15:22Without advice plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed.
• Proverbs 20:18Plans are confirmed by getting advice, and with guidance one wages war.
• Proverbs 24:6After all, with the right strategy you can wage war, and with many advisers there is victory.
• Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord or instructed him as his adviser?
• Romans 11:34“Who knows how the Lord thinks? Who can become his adviser?”
• 2 Kings 20:20Isn’t everything else about Hezekiah, all his heroic acts and how he made the pool and tunnel to bring water into the city, written in the official records of the kings of Judah?
• Isaiah 22:8On that day the Lord will remove the defenses of Judah. You will look 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