New English Translation
2 Chronicles 32:5
5Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields.
2 Chronicles 32:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
- New International Version (NIV)Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons and shields.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And he strengthened himself, built up all the wall that was broken, raised it up to the towers, and built another wall outside; also he repaired the Millo in the City of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
Context of 2 Chronicles 32:5
3he consulted with his advisers and military officers about stopping up the springs outside the city, and they supported him. 4A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district. They reasoned, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields. 6He appointed military officers over the army and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, saying, 7“Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 322 Chronicles 32:5 word by word
וַיִּתְחַזַּ֡ק וַיִּבֶן֩ אֶת־כָּל־הַחוֹמָ֨ה הַפְּרוּצָ֜ה וַיַּ֣עַל עַל־הַמִּגְדָּל֗וֹת וְלַח֙וּצָה֙ הַחוֹמָ֣ה אַחֶ֔רֶת וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק אֶת־הַמִּלּ֖וֹא עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד וַיַּ֥עַשׂ שֶׁ֛לַח לָרֹ֖ב וּמָגִנִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Also he strengthenedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: persevereH2388
- himself, and built upבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
- all the wallחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
- that was brokenפָּרַץpârats · to break throughH6555
- upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
- to the towersמִגְדָּלmigdâl migdâlâh · towerH4026
- and anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
- withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
- Milloמִלּוֹאmillô' millô' · MilloH4407
- the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- of Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- and madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- dartsשֶׁ֫לַחshelach · missileH7973
- and shieldsמָגֵןmâgên meginnâh · shieldH4043
- in abundanceרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 32:5
- 2 Chronicles 12:1After Rehoboam’s rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 14:5He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule.
- 2 Chronicles 17:1His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 23:1In the seventh year Jehoiada made a bold move. He made a pact with the officers of the units of hundreds: Azariah son of Jehoram, Ishmael son of Jehochanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri.
- 2 Chronicles 26:8The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached the border of Egypt, for he grew in power.
- Isaiah 22:9You saw the many breaks in the walls of the city of David; you stored up water in the lower pool.
- 2 Chronicles 25:23King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet.
- 2 Kings 25:4The enemy broke through the city walls, and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night. They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king’s garden. (The Babylonians were all around the city.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.
- Jeremiah 39:4When King Zedekiah of Judah and all his soldiers saw them, they tried to escape. They departed from the city during the night. They took a path through the king’s garden and passed out through the gate between the two walls. Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.
- Judges 9:6All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.
- 2 Samuel 5:9So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.
- 1 Kings 9:24Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the city of David to the palace Solomon built for her.
- 1 Kings 11:27This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
- 2 Kings 12:20His servants conspired against him and murdered Joash at Beth-Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.
- 2 Chronicles 26:14Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones for the entire army.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 32:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Raised it up to the towers - He built the wall up to the height of the towers, or, having built the wall, he raised towers on it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The breaches in the wall of Jerusalem were not entirely due to the old hostility of Joash (marginal reference); but may have been caused either by neglect and carelessness in the reign of Ahaz Isaiah 22:10. On Millo, see the marginal references notes.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
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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
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