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.

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.