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

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.

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.

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.

As for the other events of Hezekiah’s reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool and the tunnel by which he brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook.

Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth Zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Heroes.

After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself.When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to wage war against Jerusalem,he consulted with his officials and military staff about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city, and they helped him.They gathered a large group of people who blocked all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land.“ Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons and shields.He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate and encouraged them with these words: