2 Chronicles 32:4
“So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Also he strengthened himself,.... In the Lord his God, and fortified his city, and put it in the best manner of defence…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The “brook” intended is probably not the Kidron, but the natural water-course of the Gihon, which ran down the Tyropoeon…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Stopped all the fountains - This was prudently done, for without water how could an immense army subsist in an arid…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Chronicles 32:1-8
Here is, I. The formidable design of Sennacherib against Hezekiah's kingdom, and the vigorous attempt he made upon it.…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
who stopt R.V. and they stopped.
the brook that ran R.V. the brook that flowed. The Heb. verb means "flow with strong…
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