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2 Chronicles 32:30

32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
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 same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of David’s city. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

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.

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. ¶

32:31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. ambassadors: Heb. interpreters

What does 2 Chronicles 32:30 mean?

2 Chronicles 32:30 is a verse in the book of 2 Chronicles, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְחִזְקִיָּה (Yᵉchizqîyâh), סָתַם (çâtham), עֶלְיוֹן (ʻelyôwn). It connects to 5 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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This
same
HezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהYᵉchizqîyâh/yekh-iz-kee-yaw'/H3169Jechizkijah, the name of five Israelites
also
stoppedסָתַםçâtham/saw-tham'/H5640to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
the
upperעֶלְיוֹןʻelyôwn/el-yone'/H5945an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
watercourseמוֹצָאmôwtsâʼ/mo-tsaw'/H4161a 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)
of
Gihon,גִּיחוֹןGîychôwn/ghee-khone'/H1521Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem
and
brought
it
straightיָשַׁרyâshar/yaw-shar'/H3474to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
downמַטָּהmaṭṭâh/mat'-taw/H4295downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
to
the
west
sideמַעֲרָבmaʻărâb/mah-ar-awb'/H4628the west (as a region of the evening sun)
of
the
cityעִירʻîyr/eer/H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
of
David.דָּוִדDâvid/daw-veed'/H1732David, the youngest son of Jesse
And
HezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהYᵉchizqîyâh/yekh-iz-kee-yaw'/H3169Jechizkijah, the name of five Israelites
prosperedצָלַחtsâlach/tsaw-lakh'/H6743to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
in
all
his
works.מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăseh/mah-as-eh'/H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 32:30

HENRY_FULL · 2 Chronicles 32:30
37" This chapter gives us an account of the reign of Uzziah (Azariah he was called in the Kings) more fully than we had it before, though it was long, and in some respects illustrious, yet it was very briefly related, 2 Kings xiv. 21 ; xv. 1 , &c. Here is, I. His good character in general, ver. 1-5 . II. His great prosperity in his wars, his buildings, and all the affairs of his kingdom, ver. 6-15 . III. His presumption in invading the priests' office, for which he was struck with a leprosy, and confined by it ( ver. 16-21 ) even to his death, ver. 22, 23 . Uzziah's Prosperity. (

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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

2 Kings 14:22

He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

2 Kings 16:6

At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. from Elath: Heb. from Eloth

2 Chronicles 8:17

Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. Eloth: also called, Elath, Deut.2.8.

2 Chronicles 25:23

And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. the corner: Heb. the gate of it that looketh

2 Chronicles 25:28

And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. Judah: that is, the city of David

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2 Chronicles 33:14

Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. Ophel: or, the tower

Psalms 75:6

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. south: Heb. desert

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What does 2 Chronicles 32:30 say?

2 Chronicles 32:30 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is 2 Chronicles 32:30 in the Old or New Testament?

2 Chronicles 32:30 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 2 Chronicles.

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