2 Chronicles 32:30

Contextual Overview

²⁴In those days Hezekiah became sick to the point of death, so he prayed to the Lord, and he spoke to him and gave him a miraculous sign. ²⁴ In those days Hizkiyahu was sick even to death: and he prayed to the LORD; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign. ²⁴ In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord : and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. ²⁴ In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death, and he prayed to the Lord , and he answered him and gave him a sign. ²⁴ At that time Hezekiah became so sick he almost died. When he prayed to the Lord , the Lord spoke to him and gave him a sign. ²⁴ In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. He prayed to the Lord , who answered him and gave him a sign confirming that he would be healed. ²⁴In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill; and he prayed to the LORD, and He answered him and gave him a [miraculous] sign. ²⁴ In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill; and he prayed to the LORD, and the LORD spoke to him and gave him a sign. ²⁴ In those days Hezekiah was sick even to death: and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign. ²⁴ In those dayes Hezekiah was sicke vnto the death, and prayed vnto the Lorde, who spake vnto him, and gaue him a signe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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 Kings 1:45.

stopped: 2 Chronicles 32:4, Isaiah 22:9-11

Gihon: 1 Kings 1:33, 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Kings 1:45

And Hezekiah: Joshua 1:7, Joshua 1:8, Psalms 1:1-3

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:7 - he prospered 2 Kings 20:20 - he made a pool 2 Chronicles 33:14 - Gihon Nehemiah 2:14 - the gate of the fountain Nehemiah 3:15 - the gate

Cross-References

Genesis 16:13
She called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?"

Genesis 16:13
And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

Genesis 16:13
So she called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are El-Roi," for she said, "Here I have seen after he who sees me."

Genesis 16:13
The slave girl gave a name to the Lord who spoke to her: "You are ‘God who sees me,'" because she said to herself, "Have I really seen God who sees me?"

Genesis 16:13
So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Here I have seen one who sees me!"

Genesis 16:13
Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are God Who Sees"; for she said, "Have I not even here [in the wilderness] remained alive after seeing Him [who sees me with understanding and compassion]?"

Genesis 16:13
Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees me"; for she said, "Have I even seen Him here and lived after He saw me?"

Genesis 16:13
Then she called the name of the Lorde, that spake vnto her, Thou God lookest on me: for she said, Haue I not also here looked after him that seeth me?

Genesis 16:13
Then she called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees"; for she said, "Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?"

Genesis 16:13
Hagar thought, "Have I really seen God and lived to tell about it?" So from then on she called him, "The God Who Sees Me."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water course of Gihon,.... Which Procopius Gazeus says was the same with Siloam, and which it seems had two streams, and this was the upper one; Mr. Maundrell says c, the pool of Gihon

"lies about two furlongs without Bethlehem gate westward; it is a stately pool, one hundred and six paces long, and sixty seven broad, and lined with wall and plaster, and was, when we were there, well stored with water:''

and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David; through canals under the plain of the city of David; as the Targum, by a subterraneous passage; and Siloam, as Dr. Lightfoot d observes from Josephus, was behind the west wall, not far from the corner that pointed toward the southwest:

and Hezekiah prospered in all his works; natural, civil, and religious, 2 Chronicles 31:21.

c Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 108. d Chorograph. in John, c. 5. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See 2 Chronicles 32:3 note. Either then or afterward, Hezekiah conducted the water of this spring by an underground channel down the Tyropoeon valley to a pool or reservoir (marginal reference).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 32:30. The upper watercourse — He made canals to bring the waters of Gihon from the west side of Jerusalem to the west side of the city of David.