2 Chronicles 32:2-4

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

² And when Hezeki′ah saw that Sennach′erib had come and intended to fight against Jerusalem, ³ he planned with his officers and his mighty men to stop the water of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him. ⁴ A great many people were gathered, and they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?”