This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of David’s city. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
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This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of David’s city. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
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This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
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This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 32:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 1:33 The king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
- Joshua 1:7-8 Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
- 1 Kings 1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
- 1 Kings 1:45 Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.
- 2 Kings 20:20 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Chronicles 32:4 So, many people gathered together and they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the middle of the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find abundant water?”
- Psalms 1:1-3 Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
- Isaiah 22:9-11 You saw the breaches of David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool. You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you didn’t look to him who had done this, neither did you have respect for him who planed it long ago.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which also was called Shiloah [Siloam], whereof mention is…
Which also was called Shiloah [Siloam], whereof mention is made, Isa. 8:6; John 9:7.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper…
2Ch 32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
Ver. 30. Stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon.] See 2Ch 32:4.
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And Hezekiah prospered.] See 2Ki 18:7.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The upper water-course of Gihon; a rivulet near Jerusalem…
The upper water-course of Gihon; a rivulet near Jerusalem consisting of two streams, the upper, which was brought into one pool, called the upper pool, Isa 7:3; and the lower, which was brought into another, called the lower pool, Isa 22:9. The former he diverted and brought by secret pipes into Jerusalem, which was a work of great art, and labour, and policy, and therefore is here commended.
Brought it straight down; whereas before it fetched a compass, and thereby might have been beneficial to the Assyrian host.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Stopped, &c. - A rivulet near Jerusalem consisting of…
Stopped, &c. - A rivulet near Jerusalem consisting of two streams, the upper which was brought into one pool, called the upper pool, Isaiah vii, 3, and the lower which was brought into another, called the lower pool, Isaiah xxii, 9. The former he diverted and brought by pipes into Jerusalem, which was a work of great art and labour.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 30. The upper watercourse] He made canals to…
Verse 30. The upper watercourse] He made canals to bring the waters of Gihon from the west side of Jerusalem to the west side of the city of David.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 32:30. Hezekiah stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon…
2Ch 32:30. Hezekiah stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon — A rivulet near Jerusalem, consisting of two streams, the upper, which was brought into one pool, called the upper pool, (Isa 7:3,) and the lower, which was brought into another, called the lower pool, Isa 22:9. The former he diverted, and brought by pipes into Jerusalem, which was a work of great art and labour. And brought it straight down to the city of David — Whereas before it fetched a compass, and therefore might have been beneficial to the Assyrian host.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain See 2Ch 32:3 note. Either then or afterward, Hezekiah…
See 2Ch 32:3 note. Either then or afterward, Hezekiah conducted the water of this spring by an underground channel down the Tyropoeon valley to a pool or reservoir (marginal reference).
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Underneath the walls of the city, making them run…
Underneath the walls of the city, making them run westward, C. xxxiii. 14.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain stopped the . . . watercourse of Gihon, and…
stopped the . . . watercourse of Gihon, and brought it . . . to the west side of the city, &c.--(Compare Kg2 20:20). Particular notice is here taken of the aqueduct, as among the greatest of Hezekiah's works. "In exploring the subterranean channel conveying the water from Virgin's Fount to Siloam, I discovered a similar channel entering from the north, a few yards from its commencement; and on tracing it up near the Mugrabin gate, where it became so choked with rubbish that it could be traversed no farther, I there found it turn to the west in the direction of the south end of the cleft, or saddle, of Zion, and if this channel was not constructed for the purpose of conveying the waters of Hezekiah's aqueduct, I am unable to suggest any purpose to which it could have been applied. Perhaps the reason why it was not brought down on the Zion side, was that Zion was already well-watered in its lower portion by the Great Pool, 'the lower pool of Gihon.' And accordingly WILLIAMS [Holy City] renders this passage, 'He stopped the upper outflow of the waters of Gihon, and led them down westward to the city'" [BARCLAY, City of the Great King]. The construction of this aqueduct required not only masonic but engineering skill; for the passage was bored through a continuous mass of rock. Hezekiah's pool or reservoir made to receive the water within the northwest part of the city still remains. It is an oblong quadrangular tank, two hundred forty feet in length, from one hundred forty-four to one hundred fifty in breadth, but, from recent excavations, appears to have extended somewhat farther towards the north.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 30. stopped] Cp. 2Ch_32:3-4.
30. stopped] Cp. 2Ch_32:3-4.
the upper watercourse] R.V. the upper spring of the waters.
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Gihon] The upper spring of Gihon is perhaps represented to-day by St Mary’s Well; cp. Bädeker, p. 99, and note on 2Ch_32:3 above.
to the west side] R.V. on the west side. The present Lower Pool of Siloam is rather to the S.E. of the present Jerusalem but it may have been S.W. of the ancient City of David. The Ambrosian MS. of Pesh. reads, on the east side, and this may be right.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (30) This same Hezekiah also stopped.—And he, Hezekiah, had…
(30) This same Hezekiah also stopped.—And he, Hezekiah, had closed in the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon. (See 2Ch_32:3.)
And brought . . . city of David.—And conducted them underground to the west of the city of David. (Comp. 2Ki_20:20, where also this great work of Hezekiah is referred to in concluding his history: “He made the pool, and the aqueduct, and brought the waters into the city.”) The chronicler gives further details.
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Brought it straight.—Directed or conducted them (wayyashshĕrçm; the form in the Hebrew margin is a peculiar contraction of the ordinary piel form which appears in the text).
And Hezekiah prospered.—2Ch_31:21; 1Ch_29:23.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Stopped the upper watercourse, etc. (see our vers. 3,…
Stopped the upper watercourse, etc. (see our vers. 3, 4). What Hezekiah "stopped" was the spring, or more strictly access to it, and guided its prized waters down, probably by an underground channel, to Siloam, or else to the pool in the city which he had constructed and enclosed by that "another wall without" (ver. 5), west of the "city of David."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Hezekiah who also stopped up ... and who brought…
Hezekiah who also stopped up ... and who brought them straight down
The readers should understand that Hezekiah probably commanded other people to do the actual work. AT: "Hezekiah who ordered his workers to stop up ... and to build a tunnel so that the water would flow down" (See: Metonymy)
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waters of Gihon
This is the name of a stream near Jerusalem. (See: How to Translate Names)
the miraculous sign that had been done in the land
This can be stated in active form. AT: "the miracle that Yahweh had performed in the land" (See: Active or Passive)
to know all that was in his heart
Here "heart" represents a person's inner being. AT: "to reveal Hezekiah's true character" (See: Metonymy)
translationWords
water
city of David
ambassador
prince
Babylon
sign
test
heart
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