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BrLXXΑὐτὸς Ἐζεκίας ἐνέφραξεν τὴν ἔξοδον τοῦ ὕδατος Γειῶν τὸ ἄνω, καὶ κατηύθυνεν αὐτὰ κάτω πρὸς Λίβα τῆς πόλεως Δαυίδ· καὶ εὐοδώθη Ἐζεκίας ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ. (Autos Ezekias enefraxen taʸn exodon tou hudatos Geiōn to anō, kai kataʸuthunen auta katō pros Liba taʸs poleōs Dawid; kai euodōthaʸ Ezekias en pasi tois ergois autou. )
BrTrThe same Ezekias stopped up the course of the water of Gion above, and brought the water down straight south of the city of David. And Ezekias prospered in all his works.
ULTAnd this same Hezekiah stopped up the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon, and he directed them down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah succeeded in all his work.
USTHezekiah was the one who told his workers to block the place where the water flows out of the spring of Gihon, and to build a tunnel through which the water flowed to the west side of the area called the city of David. He was able to do everything that he wanted to do.
BSB § It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
WEBBEThis 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.
NETHezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.
LSVAnd Hezekiah himself has stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and directs them beneath to the west of the City of David, and Hezekiah prospers in all his work;
FBVHezekiah blocked off the outlet of the upper Gihon spring and made the water flow down to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah was successful in everything he did.
T4THezekiah was the one who told his workers to block the place where the water flows out of the Gihon Spring, and to build a tunnel through which the water flowed to the west side of the area called ‘The City of David’. He was able to do everything that he wanted to do.
LEBAnd this same Hezekiah blocked off the flow of the waters of the upper Gihon, and directed them down the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
BBEIt was Hezekiah who had the higher spring of the water of Gihon stopped, and the water taken down on the west side of the town of David. In everything he undertook, Hezekiah did well.
JPSThis same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
ASVThis same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
DRAThis same Ezechias was, he that stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and turned them away underneath toward the west of the city of David: in ail his works he did prosperously what he would.
YLTAnd Hezekiah himself hath stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and directeth them beneath to the west of the city of David, and Hezekiah prospereth in all his work;
DrbyAnd he, Hezekiah, stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
RVThis same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
WbstrThis 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.
KJB-1769This 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.
KJB-1611This same Hezekiah also stopped the vpper water-course of Gihon, and brought it straight downe to the Westside of the City of Dauid. And Hezekiah prospered in all his workes. (This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water-course of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the WestsideoftheCityofDavid.AndHezekiahprosperedinall his works.)
BshpsThis same Hezekia stopped the vpper water springes of Gihon, and brought them downe to the west side of the citie of Dauid: And Hezekia prospered in all his workes. (This same Hezekia stopped the upper water springes of Gihon, and brought them down to the west side of the city of David: And Hezekia prospered in all his works.)
GnvaThis same Hezekiah also stopped the vpper water springs of Gihon, and led them streight vnderneath towarde the citie of Dauid Westwarde. so Hezekiah prospered in all his workes. (This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water springs of Gihon, and led them streight underneath towarde the city of David Westwarde. so Hezekiah prospered in all his works. )
CvdlIt is the same Ezechias that couered the hye water condyte in Gihon, and conveyed it vnder on the west syde of ye cite of Dauid: for Ezechias prospered in all his workes. (It is the same Ezechias that covered the high water condyte in Gihon, and conveyed it under on the west side of ye/you_all cite of David: for Ezechias prospered in all his works.)
WyclThilke is Ezechie, that stoppide the hiyere welle of the watris of Gion, and turnede tho awei vndur the erthe at the west of the citee of Dauid; in alle hise werkis he dide `bi prosperite, what euer thing he wolde. (That is Ezechie, that stoppide the hiyere welle of the waters of Gion, and turned those away under the earth at the west of the city of David; in all his works he did `bi prosperite, what ever thing he wolde.)
LuthEr ist der Hiskia, der die hohe Wasserquelle in Gihon zudeckte und leitete sie hinunter von abendwärts zur Stadt Davids; denn Hiskia war glückselig in allen seinen Werken. (He is the/of_the Hiskia, the/of_the the hohe waterquelle in Gihon zudeckte and leitete they/she/them hinunter from abendwärts to city Davids; because Hiskia what/which glückselig in all his Werken.)
ClVgIpse est Ezechias, qui obturavit superiorem fontem aquarum Gihon, et avertit eas subter ad occidentem urbis David: in omnibus operibus suis fecit prospere quæ voluit. (Exactly_that it_is Ezechias, who obturavit superiorem fontem waterrum Gihon, and avertit eas subter to occidentem urbis David: in to_all operibus to_his_own he_did prospere which voluit. )
(Occurrence 0) Hezekiah who also stopped up … and who brought them straight down
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he Ḩizqiyyāh blocked DOM outlet waters Gihon the,upper and,directed,them to,downward west_side,to of,city Dāvid and,prospered Ḩizqiyyāh in=all works,he )
The readers should understand that Hezekiah probably commanded other people to do the actual work. Alternate translation: “Hezekiah who ordered his workers to stop up … and to build a tunnel so that the water would flow down”
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he Ḩizqiyyāh blocked DOM outlet waters Gihon the,upper and,directed,them to,downward west_side,to of,city Dāvid and,prospered Ḩizqiyyāh in=all works,he )
The harrowing experience of the attack on Judah by King Sennacherib of Assyria during Hezekiah’s reign is recorded by three different writers of Scripture and even by Sennacherib himself. Many scholars also suspect that this event formed the basis for Herodotus’s story regarding an army of mice eating the bow strings of the Assyrian army during their campaign against the Egyptians (Histories, 2.141). The origins of this event stretch back into the reign of Hezekiah’s father Ahaz, who enticed the Assyrians to attack Israel and Aram in exchange for making Judah a vassal of Assyria (2 Kings 16-17; 2 Chronicles 28; Isaiah 7-8; also see “The Final Days of the Northern Kingdom of Israel” map). Judah continued to be a vassal of Assyria through the early part of Hezekiah’s reign, but Hezekiah also quietly made extensive preparations to throw off the yoke of Assyria one day (2 Kings 18:1-12; 1 Chronicles 4:39-43; 2 Chronicles 29-31; also see “Hezekiah Strengthens Judah” map). Hezekiah also appears to have been hoping for support from Babylon and Egypt regarding his efforts to revolt against Assyria’s rule, but the prophet Isaiah warned Judah against placing their hopes in these foreign powers (Isaiah 30:1-5; 31:1-3; 39:1-8; 40:10-15; 2 Kings 20:12-19). After a few years spent quashing rebellion among the Babylonians, the Kassites, and the Medes in the east, Sennacherib turned his sights westward and began a campaign to subdue the various vassal nations that were refusing to submit to Assyria’s rule any longer. He first reconquered the Phoenician cities of Sidon and Tyre and then moved south to Philistia. He subdued Joppa, Beth-dagon, Bene-berak, and Azor and then moved to capture the cities of the Shephelah, which guarded the entrances to the valleys leading into the central hill country of Judah. While Sennacherib was attacking Lachish he sent his officers to demand Hezekiah’s surrender. This may be the Assyrian advance upon Jerusalem from the north described in Isaiah 10:28-32, but this is not certain (see “Assyria Advances on Jerusalem” map). Hezekiah sent officers back to Sennacherib with gold and silver taken from Temple and the royal treasury, but he would not surrender. The officers then traveled to Libnah to meet with Sennacherib, for he gone to fight there by that time. In the meantime King Tirhakah of Cush, who was ruling over Egypt at this time, came to attack Sennacherib, so Sennacherib sent his officials back to Hezekiah with a message that Jerusalem would be taken if he resisted. Hezekiah laid the letter from the officials before the Lord and prayed, and the Lord sent word through the prophet Isaiah that Jerusalem would not be taken. Then that very night the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (probably those with Sennacherib fighting the Egyptians), and Sennacherib went back to Assyria. There while he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch, Sennacherib’s sons killed him and fled to Ararat (see “Ararat” map).
