2 Chronicles 32:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

A large number of people gathered together, and they stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land, saying, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?"

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    So there was gathered much people together, 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?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    So many people gathered together and stopped all the fountains and the brook that ran through the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    So there was gathered much people together, 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?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    So there was gathered{H6908} much{H7227} people{H5971} together,{H6908} and they stopped{H5640} all the fountains,{H4599} and the brook{H5158} that flowed{H7857} through the midst{H8432} of the land,{H776} saying,{H559} Why should the kings{H4428} of Assyria{H804} come,{H935} and find{H4672} much{H7227} water?{H4325}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    So there was gathered{H6908} much{H7227} people{H5971} together{H6908}{(H8735)}, who stopped{H5640}{(H8799)} all the fountains{H4599}, and the brook{H5158} that ran{H7857}{(H8802)} through the midst{H8432} of the land{H776}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Why should the kings{H4428} of Assyria{H804} come{H935}{(H8799)}, and find{H4672}{(H8804)} much{H7227} water{H4325}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and there gathered together a greate people, and couered all ye welles and water brokes in the myddes of the londe, and sayde: Lest the kynges of Assur fynde moch water wha they come.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So many of the people assembled themselues, and stopt all the fountaines, and the riuer that ranne through the middes of the countrey, saying, Why should the Kings of Asshur come, and finde much water?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For there gathered many of the people together, and stopt all the welles, and the broke that ran through the middes of the land, saying: Why shall the kinges of the Assyrians come and finde much water?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    So there was gathered much people together, 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?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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 Assyria come, and find much water?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So they got together a great number of people, and had all the water-springs and the stream flowing through the land stopped up, saying, Why let the kings of Assyria come and have much water?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    So many people gathered together, and they stopped all the springs, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, "Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district. They reasoned,“Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?”

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 32:30 : 30 It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in all that he undertook.
  • Isa 10:8 : 8 For he says, 'Are not all my princes kings?
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between good and evil, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?
  • 1 Kgs 3:16-17 : 16 Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. 17 One of them said, 'My lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth to a child while she was there with me.'
  • 1 Kgs 19:21 : 21 Elisha returned, took the pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the equipment of the oxen, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he got up, followed Elijah, and became his attendant.
  • 2 Kgs 18:9 : 9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
  • 2 Kgs 18:13 : 13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
  • 2 Kgs 19:17 : 17 Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands.
  • 2 Kgs 20:20 : 20 The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah, including all his achievements—how he made the pool and the conduit to bring water into the city—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
  • 2 Chr 30:14 : 14 They removed the altars in Jerusalem, as well as all the incense altars, and threw them into the Kidron Valley.
  • 2 Chr 32:1 : 1 After these events and acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah. He camped against the fortified cities, intending to break through them.

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  • 2 Chr 32:2-3
    2 verses
    88%

    2 When Hezekiah realized that Sennacherib had come and was preparing for war against Jerusalem,

    3 he consulted with his officials and warriors to stop the flow of the springs that were outside the city, and they supported him.

  • 2 Chr 32:30
    76%

    30 It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in all that he undertook.

  • Isa 8:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 "Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

    7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty and abundant waters of the River—the king of Assyria and all his splendor. It will overflow all its channels and spill over all its banks.

  • Isa 22:9
    74%

    9 You saw the breaches in the city of David were many, and you gathered together water from the lower pool.

  • 2 Chr 32:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 Hezekiah took courage and rebuilt all the broken sections of the wall. He built towers on it and constructed another wall outside it. He strengthened the Millo in the City of David and made plenty of weapons and shields.

    6 He also appointed military commanders over the people and gathered them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, saying:

  • Isa 37:25
    73%

    25 I dug wells and drank water; with the soles of my feet, I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.

  • 2 Kgs 18:17
    72%

    17 The king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a large army. They came to Jerusalem, stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool on the road to the Launderer's Field, and delivered their message.

  • Isa 36:2
    72%

    2 And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the launderer’s field.

  • 2 Kgs 19:24
    71%

    24 I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk water there. With the soles of my feet, I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.

  • Isa 36:16
    70%

    16 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat from your own vine and your own fig tree and drink water from your own cistern,

  • 2 Kgs 20:20
    70%

    20 The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah, including all his achievements—how he made the pool and the conduit to bring water into the city—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

  • 2 Kgs 18:31
    70%

    31 Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: ‘Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from your own vine and your own fig tree, and drink water from your own well,

  • 2 Chr 32:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10 "This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: On what are you trusting, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

    11 Isn't Hezekiah misleading you, leaving you to die by famine and thirst, by saying, 'The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria'?

  • Jer 2:13
    70%

    13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

  • Prov 5:16
    70%

    16 Should your springs be scattered abroad, your streams of water in the public squares?

  • 2 Kgs 3:25
    69%

    25 They destroyed the cities, threw stones onto every good field until it was covered, stopped up all the springs of water, and cut down all the good trees. Only the stones of Kir Hareseth were left standing, but the slingers surrounded and attacked it.

  • 2 Chr 32:18
    69%

    18 They called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.

  • Gen 26:15
    69%

    15 The Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug during the days of Abraham his father, filling them with dirt.

  • Neh 4:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7 So I stationed people in the lowest parts behind the wall, in the open areas, and I positioned them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

    8 Then I saw what was happening; I stood and addressed the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, 'Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.'

  • Isa 48:21
    69%

    21 They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow from the rock for them; He split open the rock, and water gushed out.

  • Jer 14:3
    69%

    3 The nobles sent their servants for water; they went to the cisterns but found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and humiliated, covering their heads.

  • 2 Kgs 19:32
    68%

    32 Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: 'He will not enter this city, shoot an arrow here, come before it with a shield, or build a siege ramp against it.'

  • Jer 51:32
    68%

    32 The river crossings have been seized, the marshes have been set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.

  • Ps 73:10
    68%

    10 Therefore His people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.

  • Josh 3:16
    68%

    16 the water flowing down from upstream stood still. It rose up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam near Zarethan. Meanwhile, the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off, and the people crossed opposite Jericho.

  • Ps 78:16
    68%

    16 He brought streams out of the rock and made water flow down like rivers.

  • 2 Kgs 3:19
    68%

    19 You will destroy every fortified city and every major town, cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.

  • Ps 114:8
    68%

    8 who turned the rock into a pool, the hard stone into a spring of water.

  • 1 Kgs 18:35
    68%

    35 The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.

  • Ezek 31:4
    68%

    4 The waters nourished it; the deep made it grow tall, sending its rivers around its planting place, and they watered all the trees of the field.

  • Isa 37:33
    68%

    33 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with a shield or build a siege ramp against it.

  • Nah 3:14
    67%

    14 Draw water for the siege, strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay and tread the mortar; take hold of the brick mold.

  • Isa 15:7
    67%

    7 So the wealth they have earned and their stored possessions will be carried away over the Wadi of the Willows.

  • Jer 2:18
    67%

    18 Now why go to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? And why go to Assyria to drink water from the river?

  • Isa 22:11
    67%

    11 You made a reservoir between the walls for the water of the old pool, but you did not look to its Maker, nor did you regard the One who formed it long ago.

  • Ps 107:33
    67%

    33 He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into parched ground,

  • Exod 7:24
    67%

    24 All the Egyptians dug along the Nile to get drinking water because they could not drink the water from the river.

  • 2 Kgs 3:16
    67%

    16 And he said, "This is what the LORD says: Make this valley full of ditches."

  • Gen 26:32
    67%

    32 That same day, Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug, saying, "We have found water!"

  • 2 Chr 33:14
    67%

    14 Afterward, he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David west of Gihon in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and surrounding the Ophel. He made it much higher. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

  • 1 Sam 29:1
    67%

    1 The Philistines gathered all their armies at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

  • Gen 26:19
    67%

    19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of flowing water there.

  • Nah 2:6
    67%

    6 He summons his elite warriors, but they stumble on their way. They rush to the wall, and the siege device is prepared.

  • Isa 19:5
    67%

    5 The waters will dry up from the sea, and the river will be parched and dry.

  • Gen 8:2
    67%

    2 The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.