2 Kings 19:24

I have digged.. waters] Sennacherib implies that the progress of his armies on foreign soil could not be hindered by the enemy stopping up the water-springs: he at once digs fresh wells. Besieged places] RV 'Egypt.' The numerous channels of the Nile were ordinarily a means of defence to Egypt (cp. Nahum 3:8), but Sennacherib implies that they were inadequate to stay his advance.