Death of Hezekiah(A)

20 (B)Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah—all his might, and how he (C)made a (D)pool and a [a]tunnel and (E)brought water into the city—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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  1. 2 Kings 20:20 aqueduct

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?

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Thus many people gathered together who stopped all the (A)springs and the brook that ran through the land, saying, “Why should the [a]kings of Assyria come and find much water?”

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  1. 2 Chronicles 32:4 So with MT, Vg.; Arab., LXX, Syr. king

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.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 32:4 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac king

16 After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, leader of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs as far as the place in front of the [a]tombs of David, to the (A)man-made pool, and as far as the House of the Mighty.

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  1. Nehemiah 3:16 LXX, Syr., Vg. tomb

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.

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  1. Nehemiah 3:16 Hebrew; Septuagint, some Vulgate manuscripts and Syriac tomb