And you saw that the breaches In the wall of the city of David were many; And you collected the waters of the lower pool.

你们看见大卫城的破口很多，便聚积下池的水，

你们看见大卫城缺口很多，就汇集下池的水；

你们看见大卫城缺口很多，就汇集下池的水；

你们看见大卫城破口累累，你们储存下池的水，

你们看见大卫的缺口很多，就储存下池的水。

你们看见大卫城的破口很多，就积聚下池的水；

你們看見大衛城的破口很多，便聚積下池的水，

你們看見大衛城缺口很多，就匯集下池的水；

你們看見大衛城缺口很多，就匯集下池的水；

你們看見大衛城破口纍纍，你們儲存下池的水，

你們看見大衛的缺口很多，就儲存下池的水。

你們看見大衛城的裂口很多，便積聚着下池的水；

你們看見大衛城的破口很多，就積聚下池的水；

爾見大衛城垣多有缺處、遂使下沼之水、匯於一區、

回見大闢城垣、隙處甚多、惟下沼有水、滙於一處。

爾見大衛城之墻垣隙處甚多、即滙聚下池之水、

You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in the Lower Pool.

You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places. You stored up water in the Lower Pool.

and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. You collected the waters of the lower pool,

You inspect the breaks in the walls of Jerusalem. You store up water in the lower pool.

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the city of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the city of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

You saw the many breaks in the walls of the city of David; you stored up water in the lower pool.

You saw the breaches of David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and all his might, and how he constructed the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

It was Hezekiah who stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah was successful in everything that he did.

After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, official of half the district of Beth zur, made repairs as far as a point opposite the tombs of David, and as far as the artificial pool and the house of the mighty men.

After these acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities, and intended to break into them for himself.Now when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to wage war against Jerusalem,he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him.So many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream which flowed through the region, saying,“ Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?”And he resolutely set to work and rebuilt all of the wall that had been broken down and erected towers on it, and built another outside wall and strengthened the Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in great numbers.He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the public square at the city gate, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,