2 Chronicles 32:4

2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that his purpose was to make war against Jerusalem,

3 he consulted with his leaders and¹ commanders to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him.

4 Thus many people gathered together who stopped all the ^asprings and the brook that ran through the land, saying, “Why should the¹ kings of Assyria come and find much water?”

5 And ^ahe strengthened himself, ^bbuilt up all the wall that was broken, raised it up to the towers, and built another wall outside; also he repaired¹ the ^cMillo in the City of David, and made² weapons and shields in abundance.

6 Then he set military captains over the people, gathered them together to him in the open square of the city gate, and ^agave them encouragement, saying,

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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2 Chronicles 32:4

The "brook" intended is probably not the Kidron, but the natural water-course of the Gihon, which ran down the Tyropoeon valley (compare the I Kings 1:3 note).

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Chronicles 32:4:

2 Chronicles 32:1
Isaiah 7:3
Isaiah 22:9
Isaiah 36:1

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