And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that his purpose was to make war against Jerusalem, he consulted with his leaders and [a]commanders to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him. Thus many people gathered together who stopped all the (A)springs and the brook that ran through the land, saying, “Why should the [b]kings of Assyria come and find much water?”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:3 Lit. mighty men
  2. 2 Chronicles 32:4 So with MT, Vg.; Arab., LXX, Syr. king

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