2 Chronicles 32:30

Translations

Modern

It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

Traditional

This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

Literal

And Hezekiah himself stopped the Upper outlet of the waters of Gihon, and he directed them beneath to the west of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

Latin

Ipse est Ezechias, qui obturavit superiorem fontem aquarum Gihon, et avertit eas subter ad occidentem urbis David: in omnibus operibus suis fecit prospere quæ voluit.

Original

Hebrew

English

It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

Notes

2 Chronicles 32:27–30

Hezekiah's wealth made him a king similar to Solomon.

Theme notes and profiles

Hezekiah Jerusalem

Related verses

1 Kings 1:33
“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
1 Kings 1:45
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.
2 Kings 20:20
As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
2 Chronicles 32:4
Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
Psalm 1:1–3
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Isaiah 22:9–11
You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
1 Kings 1:38
Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
Joshua 1:7–8
Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

Parallels

2 Kings 20:1–11 Isaiah 38:1–8

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Hezekiah: A righteous king of Judah

Places

Gihon: A river of Eden; a spring near Jerusalem

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second City Genealogy Gihon, Spring of Hezekiah Warfare

Topics

Gihon: Hezekiah Brings the Waters of the Upper Pool by an Aqueduct Into the City of Jerusalem Hezekiah: King of Judah: Conducts the Gihon Brook Into Jerusalem Hezekiah: King of Judah: Prospered by God Jerusalem: Water Supply Brought in from the Gihon Brook by Hezekiah Temptation: General Scriptures Concerning

2 Chronicles 32:30

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