27 Hezekiah also had exceeding much riches and honor, and he got him treasures of silver, and of gold, and of precious stones, and of sweet odors, and of shields, and of all pleasant vessels:

28 And of store houses for the increase of wheat and wine and oil, and stalls for all beasts, and [a]rows for the [b]stables.

29 And he made him cities, and had possession of sheep and oxen in abundance: for God had given him substance exceeding much.

30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water springs of [c]Gihon, and led them straight underneath toward the city of David Westward: so Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

31 But because of the ambassadors of the princes of Babel, which sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him to [d]try him, and to know all that was in his heart.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:28 Or, ranges and partitions.
  2. 2 Chronicles 32:28 Or, racks.
  3. 2 Chronicles 32:30 Which also was called Shiloah [Siloam], whereof mention is made, Isa. 8:6; John 9:7.
  4. 2 Chronicles 32:31 Here we see the cause, why the faithful are tempted, which is to try whether they have faith or no, and that they may feel the presence of God, who suffereth them not to be overcome by tentations, but in their weakness ministereth strength.

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