2 Chronicles 32:3
New International Version
he consulted with his officials and military staff about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city, and they helped him.

New Living Translation
he consulted with his officials and military advisers, and they decided to stop the flow of the springs outside the city.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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 King James Version
he consulted with his leaders and commanders to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him.

New American Standard Bible
he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him.

NASB 1995
he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him.

NASB 1977
he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him.

Legacy Standard Bible
and he took counsel with his commanders and his warriors to stop up the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him.

Amplified Bible
he decided, together with his officers and his soldiers, to stop up the water [supply] from the springs which were outside the city [by enclosing them with masonry and concealing them], and they helped him.

Christian Standard Bible
so he consulted with his officials and his warriors about stopping up the water of the springs that were outside the city, and they helped him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so he consulted with his officials and his warriors about stopping up the waters of the springs that were outside the city, and they helped him.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he took counsel, he and his Governors and his mighty men, to cover the waters of the fountains that were outside of the city, and his Governors helped him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he took counsel with his elders and his mighty men to stop the wells of water which were without the city: and they helped him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He took counsel with the princes, and the most valiant men, to stop up the heads of the springs, that were without the city: and as they were all of this mind,

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
he, his officers, and his military staff made plans to stop the water from flowing out of the springs outside the city. They helped him do it.

International Standard Version
he developed a plan with his commanders and his elite forces to cut off the water supply from the springs that were outside the city, and they helped him to carry it out.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
and he takes 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,

Majority Standard Bible
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.

New American Bible
he took the advice of his princes and warriors to stop the waters of the springs outside the city; they promised their help.

NET Bible
he consulted with his advisers and military officers about stopping up the springs outside the city, and they supported him.

New Revised Standard Version
he planned with his officers and his warriors to stop the flow of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him.

New Heart 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

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.

Young's Literal Translation
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,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Sennacherib Invades Judah
2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem, 3he consulted with his leaders and commanders about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out. 4Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:2
When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,

2 Chronicles 32:4
Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?" they said.

Isaiah 22:11
You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

Nahum 3:14
Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!


Treasury of Scripture

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.

took counsel

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.

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?

Proverbs 15:22
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established.

to stop

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 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…

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2 Chronicles 32
1. Sennacherib invading Judah, Hezekiah fortifies himself, and encourages his people
9. Hezekiah and Isaiah pray against the blasphemies of Sennarchib
21. An angel destroys the host of the Assyrians
24. Hezekiah praying in his sickness, God gives him a sign of recovery
25. His proud heart is humbled by God
27. His wealth and works
31. His error in the ambassage of Babylon
32. He dying, Manasseh succeeds him














Verse 3. - To stop the waters of the fountains... without the city. These fountains or springs were probably those represented by En Rogel, on the Ophel spur or very large mound, or fortified hill (mistranslated possibly from that circumstance "tower," in 2 Kings 5:24; Isaiah 32:14), on the southeast of the temple. The object of Hezekiah is obvious enough. The word (סָתַּם) for "stopping" occurs in all thirteen times - twice in piel in Genesis, once in niph. in Nehemiah, and ten times in kal in Kings, Chronicles, Daniel, Ezekiel, and Psalms. It is for all material purposes very uniformly rendered in all these places by the word "stop" eight times, and otherwise "shut" or "closed," or to carry a derived meaning, "hidden" or "secret." If the word "shut" or "shut off" were employed, it would fit every occasion. So we are not told here how he stopped the fountain or fountains, but that he shut the waters off from one direction and guided them into another, vie. by a conduit running westward from the springs and the Gihon (i.e. the brook) flowing naturally down the Tyropoean valley to a pool prepared for it in the city (see our ver. 30; and 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 20:20; Ecclus, 48:17; and Conder's 'Handbook to the Bible,' p. 339). This pool was very probably none other than the pool of Siloam.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
he consulted
וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץ (way·yiw·wā·‘aṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3289: To advise, to deliberate, resolve

with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

his leaders
שָׂרָיו֙ (śā·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

and commanders
וְגִבֹּרָ֔יו (wə·ḡib·bō·rāw)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

about stopping up
לִסְתּוֹם֙ (lis·tō·wm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5640: To stop up, to repair, to keep secret

the waters
מֵימֵ֣י (mê·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

of the springs
הָעֲיָנ֔וֹת (hā·‘ă·yā·nō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - common plural
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

outside
מִח֣וּץ (mi·ḥūṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

the city,
לָעִ֑יר (lā·‘îr)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

and they helped him carry it out.
וַֽיַּעְזְרֽוּהוּ׃ (way·ya‘·zə·rū·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5826: To surround, protect, aid


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OT History: 2 Chronicles 32:3 He took counsel with his princes (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr)
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