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?” And (B)he strengthened himself, (C)built up all the wall that was broken, raised it up to the towers, and built another wall outside; also he repaired [c]the (D)Millo in the City of David, and made [d]weapons and shields in abundance.

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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
  3. 2 Chronicles 32:5 Lit. The Landfill
  4. 2 Chronicles 32:5 javelins

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