2 Chronicles 32:30
in 2 Chronicles 32It 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.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 32
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThe upper watercourse - He made canals to bring the waters of Gihon from the west side of Jerusalem to the west side of the city of David.
This site's exposition
blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon
Hezekiah “blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David”. This is the Siloam tunnel. Adam Clarke and John Wesley trace the route from the spring outside the walls into the city.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Stopped, &c. - A rivulet near Jerusalem consisting of two streams, the upper which was brought into one pool, called the upper pool, Isaiah vii, 3, and the lower which was brought into another, called the lower pool, Isaiah xxii, 9. The former he diverted and brought by pipes into Jerusalem, which was a work of great art and labour.
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water course of Gihon,....
And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. The formidable design of Sennacherib against Hezekiah's kingdom, and the vigorous attempt he made upon it. This Sennacherib was now, as Nebuchadnezzar was afterwards, the terror and scourge and great oppressor of that part of the world.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Perhaps the reason why it was not brought down on the Zion side, was that Zion was already well-watered in its lower portion by the Great Pool, 'the lower pool of Gihon.' And accordingly WILLIAMS [Holy City] renders this passage, 'He stopped the upper outflow of the waters of Gihon, and led them down westward to the city'" [BARCLAY, City of the Great King].
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
See 2Ch 32:3 note. Either then or afterward, Hezekiah conducted the water of this spring by an underground channel down the Tyropoeon valley to a pool or reservoir (marginal reference).
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְה֣וּא | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ | yechizkiyahu | Hezekiah | H2396 → | 127 times |
| סָתַם֙ | satam | he stopped up | H5640 → | 14 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מוֹצָ֞א | motza' | [the] outlet of | H4161 → | |
| מֵימֵ֤י | meimei | [the] waters of | H4325 → | 581 times |
| גִיחוֹן֙ | gichon | Gihon | H1521 → | |
| הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן | haelyon | <the> upper | H5945 → | 53 times |
| וַֽיַּישְּׁרֵ֥ם | vaiyaishshrem | and he directed them | H3474 → | |
| לְמַֽטָּה־ | lematah- | <to> downwards | H4295 → | |
| מַּעְרָ֖בָה | ma'ravah | west -ward | H4628 → | |
| לְעִ֣יר | leir | of [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| דָּוִ֑יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וַיַּצְלַ֥ח | vaiyatzlach | and he prospered | H6743 → | 65 times |
| יְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ | yechizkiyahu | Hezekiah | H2396 → | 127 times |
| בְּכָֽל־ | bekhol | in every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃ | maasehu | deed his | H4639 → | 236 times |
וְה֣וּאand he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּHezekiah
yechizkiyahuH2396 →127 times
סָתַם֙he stopped up
satamH5640 →14 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מוֹצָ֞א[the] outlet of
motza'H4161 →
מֵימֵ֤י[the] waters of
meimeiH4325 →581 times
גִיחוֹן֙Gihon
gichonH1521 →
הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן<the> upper
haelyonH5945 →53 times
וַֽיַּישְּׁרֵ֥םand he directed them
vaiyaishshremH3474 →
לְמַֽטָּה־<to> downwards
lematah-H4295 →
מַּעְרָ֖בָהwest -ward
ma'ravahH4628 →
לְעִ֣ירof [the] city of
leirH5892 →1090 times
דָּוִ֑ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וַיַּצְלַ֥חand he prospered
vaiyatzlachH6743 →65 times
יְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּHezekiah
yechizkiyahuH2396 →127 times
בְּכָֽל־in every
bekholH3605 →5413 times
מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃deed his
maasehuH4639 →236 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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…
it leads to
- Nehemiah 3:16
Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the…
- 2 Chronicles 32:32
As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the…
- 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.
- Nehemiah 3:16
Through
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.
it leads to
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 33:14
After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of…
- Leviticus 19:19
You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of…
- 1 Kings 1:5
At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
- 2 Samuel 20:6–7
And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
- 1 Kings 1:38
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2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.
- PersonDivided kingdomHezekiahThe reforming king of Judah who trusted Jehovah against Sennacherib, spread the Assyrian letter before the LORD, was granted fifte…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.