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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.”

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²When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,

³He consulted with his leaders and mighty men about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.

⁴Many 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.

⁵Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.

⁶Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,

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2 Chronicles 32:4

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