⁵ Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall^(A) and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces^[a](B) of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons^(C) and shields.

²⁹ He built villages and acquired great numbers of flocks and herds, for God had given him very great riches.^(A)