2 Chronicles 32:3

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he consulted with his advisers and military officers about stopping up the springs outside the city, and they supported him.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 18:20 : 20 Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me?
  • 2 Kgs 20:20 : 20 The rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign and all his accomplishments, including how he built a pool and conduit to bring water into the city, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.
  • 2 Chr 30:2 : 2 The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.
  • Prov 15:22 : 22 Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with abundant advisers they are established.
  • Prov 20:18 : 18 Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance.
  • Prov 24:6 : 6 for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory.
  • Isa 22:8-9 : 8 They removed the defenses of Judah. At that time you looked for the weapons in the House of the Forest. 9 You saw the many breaks in the walls of the City of David; you stored up water in the lower pool. 10 You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall. 11 You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool– but you did not trust in the one who made it; you did not depend on the one who formed it long ago!
  • Isa 40:13 : 13 Who comprehends the mind of the LORD, or gives him instruction as his counselor?
  • Rom 11:34 : 34 For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?

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  • 2 Chr 32:4-11
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    4A 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?”

    5Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields.

    6He appointed military officers over the army and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, saying,

    7“Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him.

    8He has with him mere human strength, but the LORD our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!” The army was encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.

    9Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read:

    10“This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says:‘Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege?

    11Hezekiah says,“The LORD our God will rescue us from the power of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst!

  • 2 Chr 32:29-31
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    29He built royal cities and owned a large number of sheep and cattle, for God gave him a huge amount of possessions.

    30Hezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.

    31So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land, God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives.

  • 2 Chr 32:1-2
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    1Sennacherib Invades Judah After these faithful deeds were accomplished, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He besieged the fortified cities, intending to seize them.

    2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had invaded and intended to attack Jerusalem,

  • 2 Chr 32:22
    73%

    22The LORD delivered Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem from the power of King Sennacherib of Assyria and from all the other nations. He made them secure on every side.

  • 2 Kgs 18:16-18
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    16At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the LORD’s temple and from the posts which he had plated and gave them to the king of Assyria.

    17The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.

    18They summoned the king, so Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet them.

  • Isa 36:1-2
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    1Sennacherib Invades Judah In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

    2The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. The chief adviser stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.

  • 2 Kgs 20:20
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    20The rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign and all his accomplishments, including how he built a pool and conduit to bring water into the city, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

  • Isa 36:16
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    16Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says,‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

  • Isa 37:25
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    25I dug wells and drank water. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’

  • 2 Kgs 18:30-31
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    30Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the LORD when he says,“The LORD will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”

    31Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says,‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

  • 2 Chr 32:16-18
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    16Sennacherib’s servants further insulted the LORD God and his servant Hezekiah.

    17He wrote letters mocking the LORD God of Israel and insulting him with these words:“The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.”

    18They called out loudly in the Judahite dialect to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, trying to scare and terrify them so they could seize the city.

  • 2 Chr 32:20
    69%

    20King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven.

  • Isa 37:21
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    21Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah:“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘As to what you have prayed to me concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria,

  • Isa 22:9
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    9You saw the many breaks in the walls of the City of David; you stored up water in the lower pool.

  • Isa 37:5
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    5When King Hezekiah’s servants came to Isaiah,

  • 2 Chr 31:8
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    8When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.

  • Isa 37:15
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    15Hezekiah prayed before the LORD:

  • 2 Chr 33:14
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    14After this Manasseh built up the outer wall of the City of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 18:20
    68%

    20Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me?

  • Isa 8:6-7
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    6“These people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and melt in fear over Rezin and the son of Remaliah.

    7So look, the Lord is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River– the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.

  • 2 Chr 32:26-27
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    68%

    26But then Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem humbled themselves and abandoned their pride, and the LORD was not angry with them for the rest of Hezekiah’s reign.

    27Hezekiah was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made storehouses for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all his other valuable possessions.

  • Isa 36:18
    68%

    18Hezekiah is misleading you when he says,“The LORD will rescue us.” Has any of the gods of the nations rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria?

  • Isa 36:13
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    13The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect,“Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

  • 2 Chr 32:13
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    13Are you not aware of what I and my predecessors have done to all the nations of the surrounding lands? Have the gods of the surrounding lands actually been able to rescue their lands from my power?

  • Neh 4:8
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    8All of them conspired together to move with armed forces against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it.

  • Isa 36:5
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    5Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me?

  • 2 Kgs 18:13
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    13Sennacherib Invades Judah In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

  • 2 Kgs 19:24
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    24I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’

  • Isa 37:33
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    33So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria:‘He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. He will not attack it with his shielded warriors, nor will he build siege works against it.

  • 2 Kgs 19:32
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    32So this is what the LORD has said about the king of Assyria:“He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors, nor will he build siege works against it.

  • Isa 37:9
    67%

    9The king heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them: