"Brethren,I mayconfidentlysayto you regardingthe patriarchDavidthat he bothdiedand was buried,and his tombis with us to thisday.
Then Davidsleptwith his fathersand was buriedin the cityof David.
Afterhim Nehemiahthe sonof Azbuk,officialof halfthe districtof Beth-zur,maderepairsas faras [a point] oppositethe tombsof David,and as faras the artificialpooland the houseof the mightymen.
"For David,after he had servedthe purposeof Godin his owngeneration,fell asleep,and was laidamonghis fathersand underwentdecay;
YOU HAVE MADE KNOWNTO ME THE WAYSOF LIFE;YOU WILL MAKE ME FULLOF GLADNESSWITH YOUR PRESENCE.'
as alsothe high priestand allthe Council of the elderscan testify.From them I alsoreceivedlettersto the brethren,and startedoff for Damascusin order to bringeventhosewho were thereto Jerusalemas prisonersto be punished.
"For the kingknowsaboutthesematters, and I speakto him alsowith confidence,sinceI am persuadedthat noneof these thingsescape his notice;for thishas not beendonein a corner.
Nowobservehow greatthis manwas to whomAbraham,the patriarch,gavea tenthof the choicest spoils.
