2 Chronicles 32:5
3 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.
4 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.
6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
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- BSB
- Then 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
- ASV
- And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
- DARBY
- And he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and [built] another wall outside, and fortified the Millo of the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
- BLB
- And he strengthened himself and built up all the wall that was broken, and he raised [it] up to the towers, and at the outside of the wall, another, and he strengthened the Millo [in] the City of David, and he made weapons in abundance, and shields.
- ÅB
- Så tok han mot til seg og bygget opp igjen hele den mur som var revet ned, og førte den helt opp til tårnene, og utenfor bygget han en annen mur; han satte også Millo i Davids stad i fast stand og lot gjøre kastevåpen i mengde og skjold.
- OTB
- Og han tok mot til seg og gjenoppbygde hele muren som var blitt revet ned, og reiste tårn på den, og bygde en annen ytre mur og styrket Millo i Davids by, og laget våpen og skjold i stort antall.
- B1930
- Så tok han mot til sig og bygget op igjen hele den mur som var revet ned, og førte den helt op til tårnene, og utenfor bygget han en annen mur; han satte også Millo i Davids stad i fast stand og lot gjøre kastevåben i mengde og skjold.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 25:23
And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
Read in context1 Kings 9:24
But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
Read in context2 Kings 25:4
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
Read in context2 Samuel 5:9
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
Read in contextIsaiah 22:9–10
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Read in context2 Chronicles 26:14–15
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
Read in contextJudges 9:6
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
Read in context2 Chronicles 14:5–7
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
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