After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
Nehemiah ... the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, х sar (H8269) chªtsiy (H2677) pelek (H6418)] - chief of the half district or circuit. Beth-zur (now Beit-sur), which was one of the strongest fortresses in Judea, was not far from Hal-hul (Joshua 15:58), on the way from Jerusalem to Hebron (Robinson's 'Biblical Researches,' 1:, p. 320; 3:, p. 14; also 'Handbook of Syria and Palestine,' p. 72).
The sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty - i:e., along the precipitous cliffs of Zion on its eastern declivity (cf. Acts 2:29), between the pool of Siloam and the house of the mighty (Barclay, 'City of the Great King,' p. 195).