Verse 16
16. Over against the sepulchres of David David and most of his sons who reigned after him were buried “in the city of David.” 1 Kings 2:10; 1Ki 14:31 ; 1 Kings 15:8; 1 Kings 1:0 Kings 24:22, 1 Kings 24:50. The site of this royal sepulchre is not known, but an uncertain tradition associates it with an ancient church on Zion, now known as the mosque of the tomb of David. The sepulchres being “in the city of David,” must have been somewhere on Zion, and hence we may infer that the repairs of the Nehemiah of this verse were upon a wall that ran northward along the eastern brow of Zion, and was one of the “two walls” mentioned in 2 Kings 25:4, and Isaiah 22:11.
The pool that was made Not the pool of Hezekiah, (2 Kings 20:20,) for that was near the northwest corner of the city; nor the pool of Siloam, for this could hardly be referred to in this manner after the mention of it in Nehemiah 3:15; nor the king’s pool, for that was not opposite or near to David’s sepulchre; but probably the “ditch [Hebrew, reservoir ] between the two walls” mentioned in Isaiah 22:11.
House of the mighty Probably a tower or small castle built on the wall, and formerly used as the station and headquarters of the king’s mighty men such, for instance, as were David’s pride. Compare 2 Samuel 23:8.
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