2 Chronicles 32:3
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.
2 Chronicles 32:3 in other translations
| BSB | he consulted with his leaders and commanders about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | and he taketh counsel with his heads and his mighty ones, to stop the waters of the fountains that are at the outside of the city--and they help him, |
| DARBY | he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the fountains of waters that were outside the city; and they helped him. |
| BBE | He took up with his rulers and men of war the question of stopping up the water-springs outside the town; and they gave him their support. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 2 Chronicles 32:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 32:2-8
2-8. 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…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 32:1-23
Those who trust God with their safety, must use proper means, else they tempt him. God will provide, but so must we also. Hezekiah gathered his people together, and spake comfortably to them. A believing confidence in God, will raise us above the prevailing fear of man. Let the good subjects and soldiers of Jesus Christ, rest upon his word, and boldly say, Since God is for us, who can be against us? By the favour of…
2 Chronicles 32:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 32:3
- Proverbs 20:18
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
- Proverbs 15:22
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
- Proverbs 24:6
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
- Isaiah 22:8-11
And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
- Romans 11:34
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
- 2 Kings 20:20
And 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 40:13
Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
- 2 Kings 18:20
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
- 2 Chronicles 30:2
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 32:2
And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
- 2 Chronicles 32:3
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.
- 2 Chronicles 32:4
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?
2 Chronicles 32:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tuvo su consejo con sus príncipes y con sus valerosos, sobre cegar las fuentes de las aguas que estaban fuera de la ciudad; y ellos le apoyaron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il tint conseil avec ses chefs et ses hommes forts pour arrêter les eaux des sources qui étaient en dehors de la ville; et ils l’aidèrent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | da beriet er sich mit seinen Obersten und seinen Helden, die Wasser der Quellen zu verstopfen, welche außerhalb der Stadt waren; und sie halfen ihm. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | inito cum principibus consilio, virisque fortissimis, ut obturarent capita fontium qui erant extra urbem: et hoc omnium decernente sententia, |