2 Chronicles 32:3

Contemporary English Version 1995

he and his officials worked out a plan to cut off the supply of water outside the city, so that the Assyrians would have no water when they came to attack. The officials got together a large work force that stopped up the springs and streams near Jerusalem.

Cross References

Proverbs 24:6

Battles are won by listening to advice and making a lot of plans.

Proverbs 20:18

Be sure you have sound advice before making plans or starting a war.

Proverbs 15:22

Without good advice everything goes wrong— it takes careful planning for things to go right.

Romans 11:34

“Has anyone known the thoughts of the Lord or given him advice?

Isaiah 40:13

Has anyone told the Lord what he must do or given him advice?

2 Kings 20:20

Everything else Hezekiah did while he was king, including his brave deeds and how he made the upper pool and tunnel bring water into Jerusalem, is written in The History of the Kings of Judah.

2 Kings 18:20

Does he think he can plan and win a war with nothing but words? Who is going to help him, now that he has turned against the king of Assyria?

2 Chronicles 32:2

As soon as Hezekiah learned that Sennacherib was planning to attack Jerusalem,

Nahum 3:14

Your city is under attack. Haul in extra water! Strengthen your defenses! Start making bricks! Stir the mortar!

2 Chronicles 32:30

It was Hezekiah who built a tunnel that carried the water from Gihon Spring into the city of Jerusalem. In fact, everything he did was successful!