²⁰ As for the other events of Hezekiah’s reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool^(A) and the tunnel^(B) by which he brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

⁴ They gathered a large group of people who blocked all the springs^(A) and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings^[a] of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.

³⁰ It was Hezekiah who blocked^(A) the upper outlet of the Gihon^(B) spring and channeled^(C) the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook.

¹⁴ Then I moved on toward the Fountain Gate^(A) and the King’s Pool,^(B) but there was not enough room for my mount to get through;