2 Chronicles 32:3

3 he 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.

2 Chronicles 32:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 32:3

He took counsel with his princes, and his mighty men
With his nobles, and the officers of his army, what steps should be taken to resist, retard, and distress the enemy, and among the rest what follows was proposed:

to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city;
that so the Assyrian army would find it difficult to supply themselves with water, which was an article of great importance:

and they did help him;
to stop the fountains, not only with their advice how to do it, but with their men, their servants, who assisted those that Hezekiah employed in this work.

2 Chronicles 32:3 In-Context

1 After these things, and this faithfulness, Sancheriv king of Ashshur came, and entered into Yehudah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.

2 When Hizkiyahu saw that Sancheriv was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Yerushalayim,

3 he 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.

4 So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the springs, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Ashshur come, and find much water?

5 He took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.