he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him. So many people assembled (A)and stopped up all the springs and (B)the stream which flowed [a]through the region, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?” And he resolutely set to work and (C)rebuilt all of the wall that had been broken down and [b]erected towers on it, and built (D)another outside wall and strengthened the [c](E)Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in great numbers.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:4 Lit in the midst of
  2. 2 Chronicles 32:5 Lit raised on the towers
  3. 2 Chronicles 32:5 I.e., terraced structure

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