³ he planned with his officers and his warriors to stop the flow of the springs that were outside the city, and they helped him.

On that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,^{(A) 9} and you saw that there were many breaches in the city of David, and you collected the waters of the lower pool.^{(B) 10} You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. ¹¹ You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it or have regard for him who planned it long ago.^(C)

² For the king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month^(A)

Death of Hezekiah

²⁰ The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah, all his power, how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah?^(A)

²⁰ Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? On whom do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me?