Sinai2 Chronicles 32:3
World English Bible
he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city, and they helped him.
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2 Chronicles 32:3 in other translations
he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city; and they helped him.
2 Chronicles 32:3 in context
- 1After these things and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and intended to win them for himself.
- 2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that he was planning to fight against Jerusalem,
- 3he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city, and they helped him.
- 4So, many people gathered together and they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the middle of the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find abundant water?”
- 5He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance.