Death of Hezekiah^(A)

^20 (B)Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah—all his might, and how he ^(C)made a ^(D)pool and a ^[a]tunnel and ^(E)brought water into the city—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

¹⁶ After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, leader of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs as far as the place in front of the ^[a]tombs of David, to the ^(A)man-made pool, and as far as the House of the Mighty.

^30 (A)This same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon, and ^[a]brought the water by tunnel to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah ^(B)prospered in all his works.

Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord^(A)

32 After ^(B)these deeds of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah; he encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them over to himself. ² And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that his purpose was to make war against Jerusalem, ³ he consulted with his leaders and ^[a]commanders to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him. ⁴ Thus many people gathered together who stopped all the ^(C)springs and the brook that ran through the land, saying, “Why should the ^[b]kings of Assyria come and find much water?” ⁵ And ^(D)he strengthened himself, ^(E)built up all the wall that was broken, raised it up to the towers, and built another wall outside; also he repaired ^[c]the ^(F)Millo in the City of David, and made ^[d]weapons and shields in abundance. ⁶ Then he set military captains over the people, gathered them together to him in the open square of the city gate, and ^(G)gave them encouragement, saying,