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.

²⁹ “Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you ^(A)of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

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?

³ Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and ^[a]Shear-Jashub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field,

¹² And next to him was Shallum the son of Hallohesh, leader of half the district of Jerusalem; he and his daughters made repairs.

⁹ And next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, leader of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.

⁵⁸ Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,

¹⁴ Malchijah the son of Rechab, leader of the district of ^(A)Beth Haccerem, repaired the Refuse Gate; he built it and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.

¹⁴ They buried him in his own tomb, which he had ^[a]made for himself in the City of David; and they laid him in the bed which was filled ^(A)with spices and various ingredients prepared in a mixture of ointments. They made ^(B)a very great burning for him.