Lìdaìzhìxià 32:4

4 Yúshì yǒu xǔduō rén jùjí , sāi le yīqiè quányuán , bìng tōng liú guó zhōng de xiǎo hé , shuō , Yàshù wáng lái , wèihé ràng tā dé zhe xǔduō shuǐ ne .

Lìdaìzhìxià 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 ) .

Lìdaìzhìxià 32:4 In-Context

2 Xīxījiā jiàn xī ná jī lì lái , déng yì yào gōngdǎ Yēlùsǎlĕng ,

3 Jiù yǔ shǒulǐng hé yǒng shì shāngyì , sāi zhù chéng waì de quányuán . tāmen jiù dōu bāngzhu tā .

4 Yúshì yǒu xǔduō rén jùjí , sāi le yīqiè quányuán , bìng tōng liú guó zhōng de xiǎo hé , shuō , Yàshù wáng lái , wèihé ràng tā dé zhe xǔduō shuǐ ne .

5 Xīxījiā lì tú zì qiáng , jiù xiū zhú suǒ yǒu chāihuǐ de chéngqiáng , gāo yǔ chéng lóu xiāng qí . zaì chéng waì yòu zhú yī chéng , jiāngù Dàwèi chéng de mǐ luó , zhìzào le xǔduō jūn qì , dùnpái .

6 Shèlì jūnzhǎng guǎnlǐ bǎixìng , jiāng tāmen zhāo jù zaì chéng mén de kuānkuò chù , yòng huà miǎnlì tāmen , shuō ,