He also stopped up the springs outside the city, so that the besieging Assyrians would be hard - pressed to find water for themselves. That is not all.
उसने नगर के बाहर के सोते भी पाट दिए, ताकि घेरा डालनेवाले अश्‍शूरी अपने लिए पानी न ढूँढ पाएँ ।