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,


In Context

1 After these things and this truth, come hath Sennacherib king of Asshur, yea, he cometh in to Judah, and encampeth against the cities of the bulwarks, and saith to rend them unto himself.

2 And Hezekiah seeth that Sennacherib hath come, and his face is to the battle against Jerusalem,

3 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,

4 and much people are gathered, and they stop all the fountains and the brook that is rushing into the midst of the land, saying, 'Why do the kings of Asshur come, and have found much water?'

5 And he strengtheneth himself, and buildeth the whole of the wall that is broken, and causeth it to ascend unto the towers, and at the outside of the wall another, and strengtheneth Millo, in the city of David, and maketh darts in abundance, and shields.

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 Webster Bible Translation 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 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.