2 Chronicles 32:29
New International Version
He built villages and acquired great numbers of flocks and herds, for God had given him very great riches.

New Living Translation
He built many towns and acquired vast flocks and herds, for God had given him great wealth.

English Standard Version
He likewise provided cities for himself, and flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great possessions.

Berean Standard Bible
He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.

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

New King James Version
Moreover he provided cities for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much property.

New American Standard Bible
He made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, because God had given him very great wealth.

NASB 1995
He made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great wealth.

NASB 1977
And he made cities for himself, and acquired flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very great wealth.

Legacy Standard Bible
He also made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him exceedingly abundant wealth.

Amplified Bible
Moreover, he made cities for himself and acquired an abundance of flocks and herds, for God gave him very many possessions.

Christian Standard Bible
He made cities for himself, and he acquired vast numbers of flocks and herds, for God gave him abundant possessions.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him abundant possessions.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And fields for domestic animals and for sheep and for oxen and for beasts, because LORD JEHOVAH had given him very much property.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and cities which he built for himself, and store of sheep and oxen in abundance, for the Lord gave him a very great store.

Contemporary English Version
God made Hezekiah extremely rich, so he bought even more sheep, goats, and cattle. And he built towns where he could keep all these animals.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he built himself cities: for he had docks of sheep, and herds without number, for the Lord had given him very much substance.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He made cities for himself because he had many sheep and cattle. God had given him a lot of property.

Good News Translation
Besides all this, God gave him sheep and cattle and so much other wealth that he built many cities.

International Standard Version
He also built cities for himself and stored up flocks and herds in abundance, because God had given him great riches.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.

Literal Standard Version
and he has made cities for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance, for God has given very much substance to him.

Majority Standard Bible
He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.

New American Bible
He built cities for himself, and he acquired sheep and oxen in great numbers, for God gave him very great riches.

NET Bible
He built royal cities and owned a large number of sheep and cattle, for God gave him a huge amount of possessions.

New Revised Standard Version
He likewise provided cities for himself, and flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very great possessions.

New Heart English Bible
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover, he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance in great abundance.

World English Bible
Moreover he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him abundant possessions.

Young's Literal Translation
and cities he hath made for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance, for God hath given to him very much substance.

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Context
Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery
28He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks. 29He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth. 30It 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.…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:12
Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

2 Chronicles 32:28
He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks.


Treasury of Scripture

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

possessions

2 Chronicles 26:10
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

Genesis 13:2-6
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold…

1 Chronicles 27:29-31
And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: …

God

2 Chronicles 25:9
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.

Deuteronomy 8:18
But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

1 Samuel 2:7
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

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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














(29) Moreover he provided him cities.--And he made him watch-towers. The word rendered "cities" (?rim) appears in this connection to mean watch-towers j or forts for the protection of the flocks and herds. Isaiah 1:8 ("a besieged city "); 2Kings 17:9; 2Chronicles 26:10.

Had given.--Grave.

Substance.--Wealth in kind, especially cattle (2Chronicles 31:3).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He made
עָ֣שָׂה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

cities for himself,
וְעָרִים֙ (wə·‘ā·rîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5892: Excitement

and he acquired herds
וּמִקְנֵה־ (ū·miq·nêh-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4735: Something bought, property, livestock, acquisition

of sheep
צֹ֥אן (ṣōn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

and cattle
וּבָקָ֖ר (ū·ḇā·qār)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd

in abundance,
לָרֹ֑ב (lā·rōḇ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

for
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

God
אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

gave
נָֽתַן־ (nā·ṯan-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

him
לוֹ֙ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

very
מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

great
רַ֥ב (raḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

wealth.
רְכ֖וּשׁ (rə·ḵūš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7399: Property, goods


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