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2 Chronicles 32:4

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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.	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?	Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised [it] up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo [in] the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

So there was gathered^H6908 much^H7227 people^H5971 together^H6908, who stopped^H5640 all the fountains^H4599, and the brook^H5158 that ran^H7857 through the midst^H8432 of the land^H776, saying^H559, Why should the kings^H4428 of Assyria^H804 come^H935, and find^H4672 much^H7227 water^H4325?

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּקָּבְצוּ עַם־רָב וַיִּסְתְּמוּ אֶת־כָּל־הַמַּעְיָנֹות וְאֶת־הַנַּחַל הַשֹּׁוטֵף בְּתֹוךְ־הָאָרֶץ לֵאמֹר לָמָּה יָבֹואוּ מַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר וּמָצְאוּ מַיִם רַבִּים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֣וּ	va/i.yi.ka.ve.Tzu	H6908	HC/VNw3mp	and/ they assembled
עַם	'am-	H5971	HNcmsa	people
רָ֔ב	Rav	H7227	HAamsa	numerous
וַֽ/יִּסְתְּמוּ֙	va/i.yis.te.Mu	H5640	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they stopped up
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
הַ/מַּעְיָנ֔וֹת	ha./ma'.ya.Not	H4599	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ springs
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
הַ/נַּ֛חַל	ha./Na.chal	H5158	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ wadi
הַ/שּׁוֹטֵ֥ף	ha./sho.Tef	H7857	HTd/Vqrmsa	which/ flowed
בְּ/תוֹךְ	be./tokh-	H8432	HR/Ncmsc	in/ (the) middle of
הָ/אָ֖רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ land
לֵ/אמֹ֑ר	le./Mor	H559	HR/Vqc	(to)/ saying
לָ֤/מָּה	La./mah	H4100	HR/Ti	(to)/ why?
יָב֨וֹאוּ֙	ya.Vo.'u	H935	HVqi3mp	will they come
מַלְכֵ֣י	mal.Khei	H4428	HNcmpc	(the) kings of
אַשּׁ֔וּר	'a.Shur	H804	HNp	Assyria
וּ/מָצְא֖וּ	u./ma.tze.'U	H4672	HC/Vqq3cp	and/ they will find
מַ֥יִם	Ma.yim	H4325	HNcmpa	waters
רַבִּֽים	ra.Bim	H7227	HAampa	many

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H804 — אַשּׁוּר (ʼAshshûwr, ash-shoor'): or אַשֻּׁר; apparently from אָשַׁר (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire; Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See אָשֻׁר.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H4599 — מַעְיָן (maʻyân, mah-yawn'): or מַעְיְנוֹ; (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מַעְיָנָה; from עַיִן (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction); fountain, spring, well.
• H4672 — מָצָא (mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'): a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
• H5158 — נַחַל (nachal, nakh'-al): or (feminine) נַחְלָה; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from נָחַל in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine); brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
• H5640 — סָתַם (çâtham, saw-tham'): or שָׂתַם; (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root; to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret; closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H6908 — קָבַץ (qâbats, kaw-bats'): a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. collect; assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• H7857 — שָׁטַף (shâṭaph, shaw-taf'): a primitive root; to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer; drown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).
• H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• find — 1 Kings 3:9, 1 Kings 3:16-17, 1 Kings 19:21
• kings — 2 Kings 18:9, 2 Kings 18:13, 2 Kings 19:17, 2 Chronicles 32:1, Isaiah 10:8
• the brook — 2 Chronicles 30:14, 2 Chronicles 32:30

Reciprocal references (3): 2 Kings 3:25, 2 Kings 20:20, Nahum 3:14

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: HEZEKIAH
• Torrey’s: FOUNTAINS AND SPRINGS
• Nave’s: CEDRON, GIHON, HEZEKIAH, JERUSALEM, KIDRON, SENNACHERIB, SIEGE

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