2 Chronicles 32:30
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This same Ezechias was, he that stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and turned them away underneath toward the west of the city of David: in all his works he did prosperously what he would.

1 Kings 1:33
He said to them: Take with you the servants of your lord, and set my son Solomon upon my mule: and bring him to Gihon:

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?

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.

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This same Ezechias was, he that stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and turned them away underneath toward the west of the city of David: in all his works he did prosperously what he would.

1 Kings 1:45 And Sadoc, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, have anointed him king, in Gihon: and they are gone up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again: this is the noise that you have heard.

stopped

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 22:9-11 And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool, . . .

Gihon

1 Kings 1:33,38,45 He said to them: Take with you the servants of your lord, and set my son Solomon upon my mule: and bring him to Gihon: . . .

And Hezekiah

Joshua 1:7,8 Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that thou mayst observe and do all the law, which Moses my servant hath commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayst understand all things which thou dost. . . .

Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence: . . .

Context
Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery
29And he built himself cities: for he had flocks of sheep, and herds without number, for the Lord had given him very much substance. 30This same Ezechias was, he that stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and turned them away underneath toward the west of the city of David: in all his works he did prosperously what he would.31But yet in the embassy of the princes of Babylon, that were sent to him, to inquire of the wonder that had happened upon the earth, God left him that he might be tempted, and all things might be made known that were in his heart.…
Lexicon
It was
וְה֣וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

Hezekiah
יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ (yə·ḥiz·qî·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2396: Hezekiah -- 'Yah has strengthened', a king of Judah, also several other Israelites

who blocked
סָתַם֙ (sā·ṯam)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5640: To stop up, to repair, to keep secret

the upper
הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן (hā·‘el·yō·wn)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme

outlet
מוֹצָ֞א (mō·w·ṣā)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4161: A place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring

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

of Gihon
גִיחוֹן֙ (ḡî·ḥō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1521: Gihon -- 'a bursting forth', one of the rivers of Eden, also a spring near Jerusalem

and channeled
וַֽיַּישְּׁרֵ֥ם (way·yayš·šə·rêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3474: To be straight, even, to be, right, pleasant, prosperous

it down
לְמַֽטָּה־ (lə·maṭ·ṭāh-)
Preposition-l | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 4295: Downward, below, beneath

to the west side
מַּעְרָ֖בָה (ma‘·rā·ḇāh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4628: The west

of the City
לְעִ֣יר (lə·‘îr)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

of David.
דָּוִ֑יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

And Hezekiah
יְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ (yə·ḥiz·qî·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2396: Hezekiah -- 'Yah has strengthened', a king of Judah, also several other Israelites

prospered
וַיַּצְלַ֥ח (way·yaṣ·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6743: To push forward

in all
בְּכָֽל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

that he did.
מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃ (ma·‘ă·śê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property


Additional Translations
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.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.

This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

The same Ezekias stopped up the course of the water of Gion above, and brought the water down straight south of the city of David. And Ezekias prospered in all his works.

And he, Hezekiah, stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

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.

This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

And Hezekiah himself hath stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and directeth them beneath to the west of the city of David, and Hezekiah prospereth in all his work;
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