2 Chronicles 32:3
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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,

2 Chronicles 32:2
And when Ezechias saw that Sennacherib was come, and that the whole force of the war was turning against Jerusalem,

2 Chronicles 32:4
He gathered together a very great multitude, and they stopped up all the springs, and the brook, that ran through the midst of the land, saying: Lest the kings of the Assyrians should come, and find abundance of water.

Isaiah 22:11
And you made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: and you have not looked up to the maker thereof, nor regarded him even at a distance, that wrought it long ago.

Nahum 3:14
Draw thee water for the siege, build up thy bulwarks: go into the clay, and tread, work it and make brick.

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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,

took counsel

2 Chronicles 30:2 For the king, taking counsel, and the princes, and all the assembly of Jerusalem, decreed to keep the phase the second month.

2 Kings 18:20 Perhaps thou hast taken counsel, to prepare thyself for battle. On whom dost thou trust, that thou darest to rebel?

Proverbs 15:22 Designs are brought to nothing where there is no counsel: but where there are many counsellors, they are established.

Proverbs 20:18 Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.

Proverbs 24:6 Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.

Isaiah 40:13 Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him?

Romans 11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?

to stop

2 Kings 20:20 And the rest of the acts of Ezechias, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought waters into the city, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?

Isaiah 22:8-11 And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest. . . .

Context
Sennacherib Invades Judah
2And when Ezechias saw that Sennacherib was come, and that the whole force of the war was turning against Jerusalem, 3He 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,4He gathered together a very great multitude, and they stopped up all the springs, and the brook, that ran through the midst of the land, saying: Lest the kings of the Assyrians should come, and find abundance of water.…
Lexicon
he consulted
וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץ (way·yiw·wā·‘aṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3289: To advise, to deliberate, resolve

with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

his leaders
שָׂרָיו֙ (śā·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

and commanders
וְגִבֹּרָ֔יו (wə·ḡib·bō·rāw)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

about stopping up
לִסְתּוֹם֙ (lis·tō·wm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5640: To stop up, to repair, to keep secret

the waters
מֵימֵ֣י (mê·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

of the springs
הָעֲיָנ֔וֹת (hā·‘ă·yā·nō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

outside
מִח֣וּץ (mi·ḥūṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

the city,
לָעִ֑יר (lā·‘îr)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

and they helped him carry it out.
וַֽיַּעְזְרֽוּהוּ׃ (way·ya‘·zə·rū·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5826: To surround, protect, aid


Additional Translations
he consulted with his leaders and commanders about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.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.

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.

And he took counsel with his elders and his mighty men to stop the wells of water which were without the city: and they helped him.

he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the fountains of waters that were outside the city; and they helped him.

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.

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.

he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city; and they helped him.

and he taketh counsel with his heads and his mighty ones, to stop the waters of the fountains that are at the outside of the city -- and they help him,
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