2 Chronicles 32:6 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

2 Chronicles 32:6

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,

7 ^a“Be strong and courageous; ^bdo not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for ^cthere are more with us than with him.

8 With him is an ^aarm of flesh; but ^bwith us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

9 ^aAfter this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (but he and all the forces with him laid siege against Lachish), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,

10 ^a“Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: ‘In what do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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2 Chronicles 32:2-8

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 discovered by the enemy, and to carry the water by subterranean channels or pipes into the city—a plan which, while it would secure a constant supply to the inhabitants, would distress the besiegers, as the country all around Jerusalem was very destitute of water.

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