2 Chronicles 32:4

New American Bible - revised edition

A large force was gathered and stopped all the springs and also the stream running nearby. For they said, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find an abundance of water?”

Cross References

1 Kings 19:21

Elisha left him and, taking the yoke of oxen, slaughtered them; he used the plowing equipment for fuel to boil their flesh, and gave it to the people to eat. Then he left and followed Elijah to serve him.

1 Kings 3:9

Give your servant, therefore, a listening heart to judge your people and to distinguish between good and evil. For who is able to give judgment for this vast people of yours?”

2 Kings 18:13

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

2 Kings 18:9

In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, attacked Samaria and laid siege to it,

2 Kings 19:17

Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands.

2 Kings 20:20

The rest of the acts of Hezekiah, with all his valor, and how he constructed the pool and conduit and brought water into the city, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

2 Chronicles 30:14

They proceeded to remove the altars that were in Jerusalem as well as all the altars of incense, and cast them into the Wadi Kidron.

2 Chronicles 32:1

But after all this and all Hezekiah’s fidelity, there came Sennacherib, king of Assyria. He invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities, intending to breach and take them.

2 Chronicles 32:3

he took the advice of his princes and warriors to stop the waters of the springs outside the city; they promised their help.

2 Chronicles 32:30

This same Hezekiah stopped the upper outlet for water from Gihon and redirected it underground westward to the City of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

Isaiah 10:8

For he says, “Are not my commanders all kings?”

Isaiah 22:11

you made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to the city’s Maker, nor consider the one who fashioned it long ago.

Isaiah 22:9

you saw that the breaches in the City of David were many; you collected the water of the lower pool.

Nahum 3:14

Draw water for the siege, strengthen your fortresses; Go down into the mud and tread the clay, take hold of the brick mold!