⁴⁰ The whole valley^(A) where dead bodies^(B) and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley^(C) on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate,^(D) will be holy^(E) to the Lord. The city will never again be uprooted or demolished.”

Blessings for God’s People

²³ The whole countryside wept aloud^(A) as all the people passed by. The king also crossed the Kidron Valley,^(B) and all the people moved on toward the wilderness.

Jesus Arrested^(A)

18 When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley.^(B) On the other side there was a garden,^(C) and he and his disciples went into it.^(D)

¹⁵ So they seized her as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate^(A) on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.

¹⁶ So they seized her as she reached the place where the horses enter^(A) the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.^(B)

²⁰ On that day holy to the Lord^(A) will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots^(B) in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls^(C) in front of the altar.

²⁸ Above the Horse Gate,^(A) the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house.

¹² He pulled down^(A) the altars the kings of Judah had erected on the roof^(B) near the upper room of Ahaz, and the altars Manasseh had built in the two courts^(C) of the temple of the Lord. He removed them from there, smashed them to pieces and threw the rubble into the Kidron Valley.^(D)