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2 Chronicles 32:3

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץvai.yi.va.'Atzand he took counselH3289 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
שָׂרָיו֙sa.Ravofficials hisH8269 →
וְגִבֹּרָ֔יוve.gi.bo.Ravand mighty [men] hisH1368 →
לִסְתּוֹם֙lis.tOmto stop upH5640 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
מֵימֵ֣יmei.Mei[the] waters ofH4325 →
הָעֲיָנ֔וֹתha.'a.ya.Notthe springsH5869 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
מִח֣וּץmi.Chutz[were] from [the] outsideH2351 →
לָעִ֑ירla.'Irof the cityH5892 →
וַֽיַּעְזְרֽוּהוּ׃Vai.ya'.ze.Ru.huand they helped himH5826 →

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Proverbs 24:6Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.Proverbs 15:22Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.Proverbs 20:18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”2 Chronicles 30:2For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,2 Kings 18:20You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?Isaiah 22:8–11He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.2 Kings 20:20As 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?Revelation 8:10Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

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