Verse 4

2 Chronicles 32:4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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4 He gathered together a very great multitude, and they stopped up all the springs, and the brook, that ran through the midst of the land, saying: Lest the kings of the Assyrians should come, and And abundance of water.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֣וּ עַם רָ֔ב וַֽ/יִּסְתְּמוּ֙ אֶת כָּל הַ/מַּעְיָנ֔וֹת וְ/אֶת הַ/נַּ֛חַל הַ/שּׁוֹטֵ֥ף בְּ/תוֹךְ הָ/אָ֖רֶץ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר לָ֤/מָּה יָב֨וֹאוּ֙ מַלְכֵ֣י אַשּׁ֔וּר וּ/מָצְא֖וּ מַ֥יִם רַבִּֽים

English Translation

And a great multitude was gathered, and they stopped up all the springs and the overflowing river in the midst of the land, saying, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?"

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Chapter 32 Context

1 After these things, and this truth, Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came and entered into Juda, an... Focus ↗

2 And when Ezechias saw that Sennacherib was come, and that the whole force of the war was turning aga... Focus ↗

3 He took counsel with the princes, and the most valiant men, to stop up the heads of the springs, tha... Focus ↗

4 He gathered together a very great multitude, and they stopped up all the springs, and the brook, tha...

5 He built up also with great diligence all the wall that had been broken down, and built towers upon... Focus ↗

6 And he appointed captains of the soldiers of the army: and he called them all together in the street... Focus ↗

7 Behave like men, and take courage: be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of the Assyrians, nor for... Focus ↗

8 For with him is an arm of flesh: with us the Lord our God (Elohim), who is our helper, and fighteth... Focus ↗

9 After this, Sennacherib king of the Assyrians sent his servants to Jerusalem, (for he with all his a... Focus ↗

10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of the Assyrians: In whom do you trust, that you sit still besieged in J... Focus ↗

11 Doth not Ezechias deceive you, to give you up to die by hunger and thirst, affirming that the Lord y... Focus ↗

12 Is it not this same Ezechias, that hath destroyed his high places, and his altars, and commanded Jud... Focus ↗

13 Know you not what I and my fathers have done to all the people of the lands? have the gods of any na... Focus ↗

14 Who is there among all the gods of the nations, which my fathers have destroyed, that could deliver... Focus ↗

15 Therefore let not Ezechias deceive you, nor delude you with a vain persuasion, and do not believe hi... Focus ↗

16 And many other things did his servants speak against the Lord God (Elohim), and against Ezechias his... Focus ↗

17 He wrote also letters full of blasphemy against the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel, and he spoke ag... Focus ↗

18 Moreover he cried out with a loud voice, in the Jews' tongue, to the people that sat on the walls of... Focus ↗

19 And he spoke against the God (Elohim) of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth,... Focus ↗

20 And Ezechias the king, and Isaias the prophet the son of Amos, prayed against this blasphemy, and cr... Focus ↗

21 And the Lord sent an angel who cut off all the stout men and the warriors, and the captains of the a... Focus ↗

22 And the Lord saved Ezechias and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of the hand of Sennacherib king of... Focus ↗

23 Many also brought victims, and sacrifices to the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Ezechias king of... Focus ↗

24 In those days Ezechias was sick even to death, and he prayed to the Lord: and he heard him, and gave... Focus ↗

25 But he did not render again according to the benefits which he had received, for his heart was lifte... Focus ↗

26 And he humbled himself afterwards, because his heart had been lifted up, both he and the inhabitants... Focus ↗

27 And Ezechias was rich, and very glorious, and he gathered himself great treasures of silver and of g... Focus ↗

28 Storehouses also of corn, of wine, and of oil, and stalls for all beasts, and folds for cattle. Focus ↗

29 And he built himself cities: for he had docks of sheep, and herds without number, for the Lord had g... Focus ↗

30 This same Ezechias was, he that stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and turned them awa... Focus ↗

31 But yet in the embassy of the princes of Babylon, that were sent to him, to inquire of the wonder th... Focus ↗

32 Now the rest of the acts of Ezechias, and of his mercies are written in the book of the kings of Jud... Focus ↗

33 And Ezechias slept with his fathers, m and they buried him above the sepulchres of the sons of David... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 32 (33 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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