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 things, and their establishment, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself. 2And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that he purposed to fight against Jerusalem, He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were outside the city: and they helped him. 4So there was gathered many 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? 5Also 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 weapons and shields in abundance.

2 Chronicles 32:3 word by word

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

• counselיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• menגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• stopסָתַםsâtham ώâtham · to closeH5640
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• fountainsעַ֫יִן‛ayin · springH5869
• outsideחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• helpedעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 32:3

• 2 Chronicles 30:2For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
• 2 Kings 18:20Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now in whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
• Proverbs 15:22Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
• Proverbs 20:18Everypurpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
• Proverbs 24:6For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
• Isaiah 40:13Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
• Romans 11:34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
• 2 Kings 20:20And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a 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 uncovered the coverings of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour 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