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)

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)

¹² Next to him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of^[a] Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.^(A)

⁹ Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of^[a] Jerusalem, made repairs.^(A)

Death of Hezekiah

²⁰ The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah, all his power, how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah?^(A)

¹¹ You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it or have regard for him who planned it long ago.^(A)

³ Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub,^[a] at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the fuller’s field,^(A)

¹⁴ Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of^[a] Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate; he rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

⁵⁸ Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,

¹⁴ They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer’s art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.^(A)