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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of 2 Chronicles 32:30

28He made sheds to store his harvests of grain, new wine, and fresh olive oil, and he made barns for all his cattle and stalls for his flocks. 29He made cities for himself because he had many sheep and cattle. God had given him a lot of property. Hezekiah was the one who stopped the water from flowing from the upper outlet of Gihon. He channeled the water directly underground to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah succeeded in everything he did. 31When the leaders of Babylon sent ambassadors to ask him about the miraculous sign that had happened in the land, God left him. God did this to test him, to find out everything that was in Hezekiah’s heart. 32Everything else about Hezekiah, including his devotion to God, is written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, and in the records 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 1:45The priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan have anointed him king at Gihon. They have come from there celebrating, so the city is excited. That is the sound you heard.
• 2 Chronicles 32:4A 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?”
• Isaiah 22:9You will see how many places in David’s wall are broken. You will store water in the Lower Pool.
• 1 Kings 1:33and he said, “Take my officials with you. Put my son Solomon on my mule, and take him to Gihon.
• Joshua 1:7“Only be strong and very courageous, faithfully doing everything in the teachings that my servant Moses commanded you. Don’t turn away from them. Then you will succeed wherever you go.
• Psalms 1:1Blessed is the person who does not follow the advice of wicked people, take the path of sinners, or join the company of mockers.

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