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

28Storehouses also for the increase of grain, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. 29Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. 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. 31Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. 32Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and 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

• 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 in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
• 2 Chronicles 32:4So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
• Isaiah 22:9Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
• 1 Kings 1:33The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
• Joshua 1:7Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
• Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

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