Now after this he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, up to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel with it and made it very high. Then he put army commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.
Now the temple servants living in Ophel made repairs as far as the front of the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.After them the Tekoites repaired another section in front of the great projecting tower and as far as the wall of Ophel.
He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the Lord, and went through the upper gate to the king’s house. And they seated the king upon the royal throne.