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2Ch 32:30 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

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 1Ki 1:45."
stopped		2Ch 32:4; Isa 22:9-11
Gihon		1Ki 1:33,38,45
And Hezekiah		Jos 1:7,8; Psa 1:1-3

Correlating Passages

Hezekiah

1Ki 1:45

And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This [is] the noise that ye have heard.

stopped

	2Ch 32:4	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?
	Isa 22:9	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.
	Isa 22:10	And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
	Isa 22:11	Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

Gihon

	1Ki 1:33	The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
	1Ki 1:38	So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
	1Ki 1:45	And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This [is] the noise that ye have heard.

And Hezekiah

	Jos 1:7	Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it [to] the right hand or [to] the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
	Jos 1:8	This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
	Psa 1:1	Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
	Psa 1:2	But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
	Psa 1:3	And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Chronicles 32:30," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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