I have digged and drunk water, &c.] He boasteth of his power and policie, that could find means to furnish such an army as his was, with all necessaries: as with water, which they wanted, Chap. 36. 12. and with the very feet of his army could drie up whole rivers; and much more such waters, as they had enclosed to relieve them in the siege, Chap. 22. 9, 11. See 1 Kings 20:10. the besieged places] Or, fenced and closed.