²⁹ “Fellow Israelites,^[a] I may say to you confidently of our ancestor David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.^(A)

³⁶ “For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, died,^[a] was laid beside his ancestors, and experienced corruption,^(A)

⁴ See how great he is! Even^[a] Abraham the patriarch gave him a tenth of the spoils.^(A)

⁸ Then he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham^[a] became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac did likewise to Jacob and Jacob to the twelve patriarchs.^(A)

⁹ “The patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him^(B)

¹⁶ After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of^[a] Beth-zur, repaired from a point opposite the graves of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.^(A)

Death of David

¹⁰ Then David slept with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David.^(A)

²⁶ Indeed, the king knows about these things, and to him I speak freely, for I am certain that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.