3He 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.


In Context

1 After these things, and their establishment, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.

2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that he purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

3 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.

4 So there were assembled many people, 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?

5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

2 Chronicles 32:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:3He 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

32:3He 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,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

32:3he 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:3he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the fountains of waters that were outside the city; and they helped him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

32:3he 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:3he 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

32:3and 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:3He 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.