2 Chronicles 32 · Verse 30

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 Chronicles 32:30, King James Version

2 Chronicles 32:30 in other translations

BSBIt was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
WEBThis same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of David’s city. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
ASVThis same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
YLTAnd Hezekiah himself hath stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and directeth them beneath to the west of the city of David, and Hezekiah prospereth in all his work;
DARBYAnd he, Hezekiah, stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
BBEIt was Hezekiah who had the higher spring of the water of Gihon stopped, and the water taken down on the west side of the town of David. In everything he undertook, Hezekiah did well.
WebsterThis 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.

What does 2 Chronicles 32:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
30. 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 choked with rubbish that it could be traversed no farther, I there found it turn to the west in the direction of the south end of the cleft, or saddle, of Zion, and if this channel was not constructed for the purpose of conveying the waters of Hezekiah's aqueduct, I am unable to suggest any purpose to which it could have been applied. Perhaps the reason why it was not brought down on the Zion side, was that Zion was already well-watered in its lower portion by the Great Pool, 'the lower pool of Gihon.' And accordingly Williams [Holy City] renders this passage, 'He stopped the upper outflow of the waters of Gihon, and led them down westward to the city'" [Barclay, City of the Great King]. The construction of this aqueduct required not only masonic but engineering skill; for the passage was bored through a continuous mass of rock. Hezekiah's pool or reservoir made to receive the water within the northwest part of the city still remains. It is an oblong quadrangular tank, two hundred forty feet in length, from one hundred forty-four to one hundred fifty in breadth, but, from recent excavations, appears to have extended somewhat farther towards the north.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 The 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 32:24-33

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…

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2 Chronicles 32:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְה֣וּאve.Hu'and heH1931
יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396
סָתַם֙sa.Tamhe stopped upH5640
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מוֹצָ֞אmo.Tza'[the] outlet ofH4161
מֵימֵ֤יmei.Mei[the] waters ofH4325
גִיחוֹן֙gi.chOnGihonH1521
הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹןha.'el.Yon<the> upperH5945
וַֽיַּישְּׁרֵ֥םvai.yaishsh.Remand he directed themH3474
לְמַֽטָּה\־le.ma.tah-<to> downwardsH4295
מַּעְרָ֖בָהma'.Ra.vahwest -wardH4628
לְעִ֣ירle.'Irof [the] city ofH5892
דָּוִ֑ידda.VidDavidH1732
וַיַּצְלַ֥חvai.yatz.Lachand he prosperedH6743
יְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396
בְּכָֽל\־be.kholin everyH3605
מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ\׃ma.'a.Se.hudeed hisH4639

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 32:30

  • 1 Kings 1:33

    The 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:

  • Isaiah 22:9-11

    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.

  • 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?

  • 1 Kings 1:45

    And 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.

  • 1 Kings 1:38

    So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.

  • Joshua 1:7-8

    Only 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. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

  • 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?

  • Psalms 1:1-3

    Blessed 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. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hezekiah.Or, "Hezekiah stopped the upper going out ({motza,} i.e., the egress into the open air,) of the waters of Gihon, and brought them underneath, ({lemattah,} by a subterraneous course,) to the west of the city of David:" See Note on 1 Ki 1:45.
stopped.
4; Isa 22:9-11
Gihon.
1Ki 1:33,38,45
And Hezekiah.
Jos 1:7,8; Ps 1:1-3

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 32:29

    Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.

  • 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 Chronicles 32:31

    Howbeit 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.

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2 Chronicles 32:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Este Ezechîas tapó los manaderos de las aguas de Gihón la de arriba, y encaminólas abajo al occidente de la ciudad de David. Y fué prosperado Ezechîas en todo lo que hizo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ce fut lui, Ézéchias, qui boucha l’issue supérieure des eaux de Guihon, et les conduisit sous le sol, à l’occident de la ville de David. Et Ézéchias prospéra dans tout ce qu’il fit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er, Jehiskia, verstopfte den oberen Ausfluß der Wasser des Gihon und leitete sie unter dem Boden westwärts nach der Stadt Davids. Und Jehiskia hatte Gelingen in all seinem Tun.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ipse est Ezechias, qui obturavit superiorem fontem aquarum Gihon, et avertit eas subter ad occidentem urbis David: in omnibus operibus suis fecit prospere quæ voluit.