he consulted with his leaders and [a]commanders to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 32:3 Lit. mighty men

he consulted with his officials and military staff about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city, and they helped him.

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(A)For by wise counsel you will wage your own war,
And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

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Surely you need guidance to wage war,
    and victory is won through many advisers.(A)

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18 (A)Plans are established by counsel;
(B)By wise counsel wage war.

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18 Plans are established by seeking advice;
    so if you wage war, obtain guidance.(A)

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22 (A)Without counsel, plans go awry,
But in the multitude of counselors they are established.

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22 Plans fail for lack of counsel,(A)
    but with many advisers(B) they succeed.(C)

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34 “For who has known the (A)mind of the Lord?
Or (B)who has become His counselor?”

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34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
    Or who has been his counselor?”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 11:34 Isaiah 40:13

13 (A)Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,
Or as His counselor has taught Him?

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13 Who can fathom the Spirit[a](A) of the Lord,
    or instruct the Lord as his counselor?(B)

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  1. Isaiah 40:13 Or mind

(A)He removed the [a]protection of Judah.
You looked in that day to the armor (B)of the House of the Forest;
(C)You also saw the [b]damage to the city of David,
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
And the houses you broke down
To fortify the wall.
11 (D)You also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old (E)pool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.

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  1. Isaiah 22:8 Lit. covering
  2. Isaiah 22:9 Lit. breaches in the city walls

The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,
    and you looked in that day(A)
    to the weapons(B) in the Palace of the Forest.(C)
You saw that the walls of the City of David
    were broken through(D) in many places;
you stored up water
    in the Lower Pool.(E)
10 You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
    and tore down houses(F) to strengthen the wall.(G)
11 You built a reservoir between the two walls(H)
    for the water of the Old Pool,(I)
but you did not look to the One who made it,
    or have regard(J) for the One who planned(K) it long ago.

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For the king and his leaders and all the assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover in the second (A)month.

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The king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate(A) the Passover in the second month.

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Death of Hezekiah(A)

20 (B)Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah—all his might, and how he (C)made a (D)pool and a [a]tunnel and (E)brought water into the city—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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  1. 2 Kings 20:20 aqueduct

20 As for the other events of Hezekiah’s reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool(A) and the tunnel(B) by which he brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

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20 You speak of having plans and power for war; but they are [a]mere words. And in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?

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  1. 2 Kings 18:20 Lit. a word of the lips

20 You say you have the counsel and the might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me?

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