Nehemiæ 32:3

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inito cum principibus consilio virisque fortissimis, ut obturarent capita fontium, qui erant extra urbem, et, hoc omnium decernente sententia,

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
inito cum principibus consilio, virisque fortissimis ut obturarent capita fontium, qui erant extra urbem : et hoc omnium decernente sententia,

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
inito cum principibus consilio, virisque fortissimis, ut obturarent capita fontium qui erant extra urbem: et hoc omnium decernente sententia,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

took counsel: 2 Chronicles 30:2, 2 Kings 18:20, Proverbs 15:22, Proverbs 20:18, Proverbs 24:6, Isaiah 40:13, Romans 11:34

to stop: 2 Kings 20:20, Isaiah 22:8-11

Reciprocal: Nahum 3:14 - Draw Revelation 8:10 - the fountains

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He took counsel with his princes, and his mighty men,.... With his nobles, and the officers of his army, what steps should be taken to resist, retard, and distress the enemy, and among the rest what follows was proposed:

to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city; that so the Assyrian army would find it difficult to supply themselves with water, which was an article of great importance:

and they did help him; to stop the fountains, not only with their advice how to do it, but with their men, their servants, who assisted those that Hezekiah employed in this work.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To stop the waters ... - Compare 2 Chronicles 32:30. Hezekiah’s object was probably twofold - to hide the springs outside the city in order to distress the Assyrians, and to convey their water underground into the city, in order to increase his own supply during the siege.