³¹ Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two great choirs that gave thanks. ^(A)One went to the south on the wall to ^(B)the Dung Gate.

¹³ I went out by night by ^(A)the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to ^(B)the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem ^(C)that were broken down ^(D)and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.

^38 (A)The other choir of those who gave thanks went to the north, and I followed them with half of the people, on the wall, above ^(B)the Tower of the Ovens, to ^(C)the Broad Wall,

⁴⁰ So both choirs of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me;

¹³ Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired ^(A)the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and ^(B)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits^[a] of the wall, as far as ^(C)the Dung Gate.

¹⁴ Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of ^(D)Beth-haccherem, repaired ^(E)the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and ^(F)set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

The Ark Brought to the Temple

² Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of ^(A)the city of David, which is Zion.

David's Charge to Israel

28 ^(A)David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the ^(B)officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the ^(C)commanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, the ^(D)stewards of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the ^(E)mighty men and all the seasoned warriors.

The Ark Brought from Kiriath-Jearim

13 David consulted with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with every leader.