Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half of the Jerusalem District, built the next section.

Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of the other half of the Jerusalem District, built the next section. (His daughters helped with the work.)

Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the Beth Haccherem District, rebuilt the Rubbish Gate. He put the gates in place, and put in the bolts and the bars for locking the gate.

There were Halhul, Bethzur, Gedor,

who was the father of Maon, who was the father of Bethzur.

Bethzur, Soco, Adullam,

and was buried in the rock tomb which he had carved out for himself in David's City. They used spices and perfumed oils to prepare his body for burial, and they built a huge bonfire to mourn his death.

"My friends, I must speak to you plainly about our famous ancestor King David. He died and was buried, and his grave is here with us to this very day.

Everything else that King Hezekiah did, his brave deeds, and an account of how he built a reservoir and dug a tunnel to bring water into the city, are all recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.

The LORD said to Isaiah, "Take your son Shear Jashub, and go to meet King Ahaz. You will find him on the road where the cloth makers work, at the end of the ditch that brings water from the upper pool.

you built a reservoir inside the city to hold the water flowing down from the old pool. But you paid no attention to God, who planned all this long ago and who caused it to happen.

To replace them, King Rehoboam made bronze shields and entrusted them to the officers responsible for guarding the palace gates.

Every time the king went to the Temple, the guards carried the shields and then returned them to the guardroom.

To replace them, Rehoboam made bronze shields and entrusted them to the officers responsible for guarding the palace gates.

Every time the king went to the Temple, the guards carried the shields and then returned them to the guardroom.

Solomon is coming, carried on his throne; sixty soldiers form the bodyguard, the finest soldiers in Israel.