Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 6908 [e] וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ way-yiq-qā-ḇə-ṣū Thus gathered together Conj-w | V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3mp 5971 [e] עַם־ ‘am- people N-ms 7227 [e] רָ֔ב rāḇ, many Adj-ms 5640 [e] וַֽיִּסְתְּמוּ֙ way-yis-tə-mū and who stopped Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 3605 [e] כָּל־ kāl- all N-msc 4599 [e] הַמַּעְיָנ֔וֹת ham-ma‘-yā-nō-wṯ, the springs Art | N-mp 853 [e] וְאֶת־ wə-’eṯ- and Conj-w | DirObjM 5158 [e] הַנַּ֛חַל han-na-ḥal the brook Art | N-ms 7857 [e] הַשּׁוֹטֵ֥ף haš-šō-w-ṭêp̄ that ran Art | V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 8432 [e] בְּתוֹךְ־ bə-ṯō-wḵ- through Prep-b | N-msc 776 [e] הָאָ֖רֶץ hā-’ā-reṣ the land Art | N-fs 559 [e] לֵאמֹ֑ר lê-mōr; saying Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 4100 [e] לָ֤מָּה lām-māh why Interrog 935 [e] יָב֙וֹאוּ֙ yā-ḇō-w-’ū should come V-Qal-Imperf-3mp 4428 [e] מַלְכֵ֣י mal-ḵê the kings N-mpc 804 [e] אַשּׁ֔וּר ’aš-šūr, of Assyria N-proper-fs 4672 [e] וּמָצְא֖וּ ū-mā-ṣə-’ū and find Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp 4325 [e] מַ֥יִם ma-yim water N-mp 7227 [e] רַבִּֽים׃ rab-bîm. much Adj-mp

New American Standard Bible
So many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream which flowed through the region, saying, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?"

King James Bible
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?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Many people gathered and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land; they said, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?"

who stopped This was prudently done; for, without water, how could an immense army subsist in ar arid country? No doubt the Assyrian army suffered much through this; as a Christian army did, through the same cause,

the brook

2 Chronicles 32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and …

2 Chronicles 30:14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and …

ran through the midst of [heb] overflowed
kings The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic read king, in the singular number.

2 Chronicles 32:1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king …

2 Kings 18:9,13 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was …

2 Kings 19:17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations …

Isaiah 10:8 For he said, Are not my princes altogether kings?

find

1 Kings 3:9,16,17 Give therefore your servant an understanding heart to judge your …

1 Kings 19:21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew …

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