2 Crónicas 32:4

Listen to 2 Crónicas 32:4
4 Y se reuni贸 mucha gente y cegaron todas las fuentes y el arroyo que flu铆a por la regi贸n, diciendo: 驴Por qu茅 han de venir los reyes de Asiria y hallar tanta agua?

2 Crónicas 32:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 32:4

So there was gathered much people together
At the instance of Hezekiah, his nobles and officers:

who stopped all the fountains;
perhaps by laying planks over them, and earth upon them, so that it could not be discerned there were any fountains there:

and the brook that ran through the midst of the land;
which, according to Kimchi, was Gihon, ( 2 Chronicles 32:30 ) , which was near Jerusalem; the stream of this very probably they turned into channels under ground, whereby it was brought into the city into reservoirs there provided, that that might have a supply during the siege, while the enemy was distressed for want of it:

saying, why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?
by which means they would be able to carry on the siege to a great length, when otherwise they would be obliged to raise it quickly: mention is made of kings of Assyria, though there was but one, with whom there might be petty kings, or tributary ones; and, besides, as he boasted, his princes were altogether kings, ( Isaiah 10:8 ) .

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2 Crónicas 32:4 In-Context

2 Cuando vio Ezequ铆as que Senaquerib hab铆a venido y que se propon铆a hacer guerra contra Jerusal茅n,
3 decidi贸 con sus oficiales y guerreros cortar el agua de las fuentes que estaban fuera de la ciudad, y ellos le ayudaron.
4 Y se reuni贸 mucha gente y cegaron todas las fuentes y el arroyo que flu铆a por la regi贸n, diciendo: 驴Por qu茅 han de venir los reyes de Asiria y hallar tanta agua?
5 Y 茅l cobr贸 谩nimo y reedific贸 toda la muralla que hab铆a sido derribada y levant贸 torres en ella, edific贸 otra muralla exterior, fortific贸 el Milo en la ciudad de David, e hizo armas arrojadizas y escudos en gran cantidad.
6 Puso tambi茅n oficiales militares sobre el pueblo, los reuni贸 a su lado en la plaza a la puerta de la ciudad y habl贸 d谩ndoles 谩nimo, diciendo:
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