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When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and was ready to wage war against Jerusalem, he made plans with his officials and soldiers to block the water supply from the springs outside the city. They helped him by gathering a large group of people, who stopped all the springs and the water channel that flowed through the middle of the land.[a] They said, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?”

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  1. 2 Chronicles 32:4 Literally in the middle of the earth. This may refer to the underground conduit along the east side of the city.