2 Chronicles 32:2
And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
And when Hezekiah sawe that Sennacherib was come, and that †hee was purposed to fight against Ierusalem,
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. his face was to warre.
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2 Chronicles 32:2
Sense 1: A battle, struggle, or contest. Sense 2: As a verb, to contend.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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32:1AFTER these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
32:1¶ After *these things and the establishment therof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entred into Iudah, & encamped against the fenced cities, and thought †to winne them for himselfe.
32:2And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
32:2And when Hezekiah sawe that Sennacherib was come, and that †hee was purposed to fight against Ierusalem,
Selected passage32:3He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
32:3He tooke counsel with his princes, and his mightie men, to stop the waters of the fountaines, which were without the citie: and they did helpe him.
32:4So 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?
32:4So there was gathered much people together, who stopt all the fountaines, and the brooke that †ranne through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and finde much water?
32:5Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
32:5Also he strengthened himselfe, and built vp all the wall that was broken, and raised it vp to the towers, and another wall without, and prepared Millo in the citie of Dauid, and made ‖darts and shields in abundance.
32:6And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
32:6And hee set captaines of warre ouer the people, and gathered them together to him in the streete of the gate of the city, and spake †comfortably to them, saying;
32:7Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
32:7Be strong and couragious, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there bee moe with vs, then with him.
32:8With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
32:8*With him is an arme of flesh, but with vs is the LORD our God to helpe vs, and to fight our battels. And the people †rested themselues vpon the words of Hezekiah king of Iudah.