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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?”

Hezekiah strengthened his position. He rebuilt the whole part of the wall that had been broken down. He made the towers taller. He made a second wall outside the first wall. He strengthened the Millo[b] of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields.

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Footnotes

  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.
  2. 2 Chronicles 32:5 Millo probably refers to the stone rampart that supported the palace area.