Nehemia 3:16

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.

Ver. 16. Over against the sepulchres of David] His burying place. The Jews had their sepulchres ready made, as the old prophet, 1 Re 13:30, Joseph of Arimathaea, &c. So had the emperors of Constantinople their tombstone presented them on their coronation day. Charles V, emperor of Germany, five years before his death caused his sepulchre to be made, with all things appertaining to it necessary for his burial.

Another great prince began his tomb, and left it imperfect; commanding a servant once every day to remind him of finishing it. The Thebans had a law, that no man should set up a house for himself to dwell in, but he should first make his grave. David, it seems, had his choice of sepulchres, not far from the wall of the city of David.

And to the pool that was made] With great art and cost, by King Hezekiah, 2 Re 20:20 .

And unto the house of the mighty] Where David's mighties, or the watchmen of his city, lodged; or where youth were trained up and taught to handle their arms.