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Faith and Practical Wisdom
Commentators explain that this verse describes a remarkable engineering achievement. Hezekiah had an underground tunnel carved to reroute the Gihon spring's water into Jerusalem. This secured the city's water supply, a crucial strategic move for surviving a siege. This act demonstrates that faith can be accompanied by practical wisdom and decisive action.
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2 Chronicles
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Chronicles 32:30
18th Century
Theologian
See the note on 2 Chronicles 32:3. Either at that time or afterward, Hezekiah channeled the water of this spring through an underground…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Chronicles 32:30
19th Century
Bishop
This same Hezekiah also stopped. — And he, Hezekiah, had closed in the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon. (See [Referen…
John Gill
On 2 Chronicles 32:30
17th Century
Pastor
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water course of Gihon. Which Procopius Gazeus says was the same with Siloam, an…
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Chronicles 32:24–33
17th Century
Minister
God left Hezekiah to himself, so that by this trial and his weakness in it, what was in his heart might be known: that he was not as perfect in gra…