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2 Chronicles 32

2 Chron. 32:30 KJV (With Strong’s)

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This same Hezekiah
Ychizqiyah (Hebrew #3169)
from 3388 and 3050; strengthened of Jah; Jechizkijah, the name of five Israelites
KJV usage: Hezekiah, Jehizkiah. Compare 2396.
Pronounce: yekh-iz-kee-yaw'
Origin: or Ychizqiyahuw {yekh-iz-kee-yaw'- hoo}
also stopped
catham (Hebrew #5640)
a primitive root; to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
KJV usage: closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.
Pronounce: saw-tham'
Origin: or satham (Numbers 24:15) {saw-tham'}
the upper
'elyown (Hebrew #5945)
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
KJV usage: (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
Pronounce: el-yone'
Origin: from 5927
watercourse
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
mowtsa' (Hebrew #4161)
from 3318; a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass)
KJV usage: brought out, bud, that which came out, east, going forth, goings out, that which (thing that) is gone out, outgoing, proceeded out, spring, vein, (water-)course (springs).
Pronounce: mo-tsaw'
Origin: or motsai {mo-tsaw'}
c of Gihon
Giychown (Hebrew #1521)
from 1518; stream; Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem
KJV usage: Gihon.
Pronounce: ghee-khone'
Origin: or (shortened) Gichown {ghee-khone'}
, and brought it straight
yashar (Hebrew #3474)
to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
KJV usage: direct, fit, seem good (meet), + please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).
Pronounce: yaw-shar'
Origin: a primitive root
down
mattah (Hebrew #4295)
downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
KJV usage: beneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).
Pronounce: mat'-taw
Origin: from 5786 with directive enclitic appended
to the west side
ma`arab (Hebrew #4628)
from 6150, in the sense of shading; the west (as a region of the evening sun)
KJV usage: west.
Pronounce: mah-ar-awb'
Origin: or (feminine) maearabah {mah-ar-aw-baw'}
of the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
. And Hezekiah
Ychizqiyah (Hebrew #3169)
from 3388 and 3050; strengthened of Jah; Jechizkijah, the name of five Israelites
KJV usage: Hezekiah, Jehizkiah. Compare 2396.
Pronounce: yekh-iz-kee-yaw'
Origin: or Ychizqiyahuw {yekh-iz-kee-yaw'- hoo}
prospered
tsalach (Hebrew #6743)
a primitive root; to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
KJV usage: break out, come (mightily), go over, be good, be meet, be profitable, (cause to, effect, make to, send) prosper(-ity, -ous, - ously).
Pronounce: tsaw-lakh'
Origin: or tsaleach {tsaw-lay'-akh}
in all his works
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
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Isa. 22:9,11• 9and ye have seen the breaches of the city of David, that they are many; and ye have gathered together the waters of the lower pool;
 11and ye have made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not had regard unto the maker thereof, neither have ye looked unto him that fashioned it long ago. (Isa. 22:9,11)

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City of David,
Gihon,
Hezekiah,
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Ministry on This Verse

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Hezekiah.Or, "Hezekiah stopped the upper going out ({motza,} i.e., the egress into the open air,) of the waters of Gihon, and brought them underneath, ({lemattah,} by a subterraneous course,) to the west of the city of David:"
See Note on 1 Ki 1:45.stopped.
2 Chron. 32:4• 4And there was gathered together much people, and they stopped all the fountains, and the torrent that flows through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water? (2 Chron. 32:4)
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Isa. 22:9‑11• 9and ye have seen the breaches of the city of David, that they are many; and ye have gathered together the waters of the lower pool;
 10and ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and have broken down the houses to fortify the wall;
 11and ye have made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not had regard unto the maker thereof, neither have ye looked unto him that fashioned it long ago. (Isa. 22:9‑11)
Gihon.
1 Kings 1:33,38,45• 33And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon;
 38And Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
 45and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon; and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise which ye have heard. (1 Kings 1:33,38,45)
And Hezekiah.
Josh. 1:7‑8• 7Only be strong and very courageous, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
 8This book of the law shall not depart from thy mouth; and thou shalt meditate upon it day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein; for then shalt thou have good success in thy ways, and then shalt thou prosper. (Josh. 1:7‑8)
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Psa. 1:1‑3• 1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;
 2But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
 3And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth. (Psa. 1:1‑3)
• The works, impressive for that time, have been found by means of which the fountain of Gihon and the overflowing fountain were brought inside Jerusalem's walls. All this showed great foresight in face of this dangerous trial. We can draw a serious lesson from this fact ourselves. In Psalm 87:7 the inhabitants of Jerusalem say: "All my springs are in Thee." It is the same for us; all the springs from which we drink are in Christ. (“Hezekiah's Three Trials: 2 Chronicles 32” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "brought it under [the ground]."