I madepondsof waterfor myself from which to irrigatea forestof growingtrees.
Then I passedon to the FountainGateand the King'sPool,but therewas noplacefor my mountto pass.
and a letterto Asaphthe keeperof the king'sforest,that he may giveme timberto makebeamsfor the gatesof the fortresswhichis by the temple,for the wallof the cityand for the houseto whichI will go."And the kinggranted[them] to me because the goodhandof my God[was] on me.
Shallumthe sonof Col-hozeh,the officialof the districtof Mizpah,repairedthe FountainGate.He builtit, coveredit and hungits doorswith its boltsand its bars,and the wallof the Poolof Shelahat the king'sgardenas faras the stepsthat descendfrom 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.
He will be like a tree[firmly] plantedby streamsof water,Whichyieldsits fruitin its seasonAnd its leafdoes not wither;And in whateverhe does,he prospers.
"Your neckis like a towerof ivory,Your eyes[like] the poolsin HeshbonBy the gateof Bath-rabbim;Your noseis like the towerof Lebanon,Which facestowardDamascus.
"For he will be like a treeplantedby the water,That extendsits rootsby a streamAnd will not fearwhenthe heatcomes;But its leaveswill be green,And it will not be anxiousin a yearof droughtNorceaseto yieldfruit.
