"So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of t…" — 2 Chronicles 32:4

2 Chronicles 32:4 · KJV

“So 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? {ran: Heb. overflowed}”

— 2 Chronicles 32:4

Verse 3

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.

Verse 5

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. {darts: or, swords, or, weapons}

2 Chronicles 32 — Context

And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, {he was...: Heb. his face was to war}

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.

So 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? {ran: Heb. overflowed}

And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying, {spake...: Heb. he spoke to their heart}

Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:30

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.

2 Kings 19:17

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

1 Kings 3:9

Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? {understanding: Heb. hearing}

2 Chronicles 30:14

And they arose and took away the altars that {were} in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast {them} into the brook Kidron.

1 Kings 19:21

And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

2 Kings 18:13

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. {Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib}

2 Chronicles 32:1

After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. {to win...: Heb. to break them up}

Isaiah 10:8

For he saith, {Are} not my princes altogether kings?