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 these acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities, and intended to break into them for himself. 2Now when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to wage war against Jerusalem, he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him. 4So many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream which flowed through the region, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?” 5And he resolutely set to work and rebuilt all of the wall that had been broken down and erected towers on it, and built another outside wall and strengthened the Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in great numbers.

2 Chronicles 32:3 word by word

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

• he decidedיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• with his officersשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• and his warriorsגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• to cutסָתַםsâtham ώâtham · to closeH5640
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• outsideמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• outsideחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and they helpedעָזַר‛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 decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,
• 2 Kings 18:20You say--but they are only empty words-I have a plan and strength for the war.’ Now on whom have you relied, that you have revolted against me?
• Proverbs 15:22Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed.
• Proverbs 20:18Prepare plans by consultation, And make war by wise guidance.
• Proverbs 24:6For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in an abundance of counselors there is victory.
• Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has informed Him?
• Romans 11:34For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor?
• 2 Kings 20:20Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and all his might, and how he constructed 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 22:8And He removed the defense of Judah. On that day you depended on 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