Perhaps, you have taken counsel, so that you would prepare yourself for battle. In whom do you trust, so that you would dare to rebel?
2 Chronicles 32:3 - Catholic Public Domain Version he took counsel with the rulers and with the most valiant men, so that they might obstruct the heads of the springs which were beyond the city. And with everyone discerning the same judgment about this, 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He decided with his officers and his mighty men to stop up the waters of the fountains which were outside the city [by enclosing them with masonry and concealing them], and they helped him. American Standard Version (1901) he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city; and they helped him. Common English Bible he consulted with his officials and soldiers about stopping up the springs outside the city, and they supported him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He took counsel with the princes, and the most valiant men, to stop up the heads of the springs, that were without the city. And as they were all of this mind, English Standard Version 2016 he planned with his officers and his mighty men to stop the water of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him. |
Perhaps, you have taken counsel, so that you would prepare yourself for battle. In whom do you trust, so that you would dare to rebel?
Now the rest of the words of Hezekiah, and all his strength, and how he made a pool, and an aqueduct, and how he brought waters into the city, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?
Therefore, having taken counsel, the king and the rulers, and the entire assembly of Jerusalem, resolved that they would keep the Passover, in the second month.
And when Hezekiah had seen this, specifically that Sennacherib had arrived, and that the entire force of the war was turning against Jerusalem,
This same Hezekiah was the one who blocked the upper font of the waters of Gihon, and who diverted them down to the western part of the City of David. In all his works, he prosperously accomplished whatever he willed.
he gathered together a great multitude, and they obstructed all the springs, and the brook which was flowing through the midst of the land, saying: "Otherwise, the kings of the Assyrians might arrive and find an abundance of water."
Intentions dissipate where there is no counsel. Yet truly, they are confirmed where there are many counselors.
For war is undertaken in an orderly manner, and safety shall be where there are many counsels.
Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor and has revealed things to him?
Draw in water because of the blockade; build up your fortresses. Go into the clay and tread; work it to make brick.