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?

¹⁶ Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth Zur,^(A) made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs^[a](B) of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Heroes.

³ he consulted with his officials and military staff about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city, and they helped him.

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.