Hezekiah's cisterns and Jeremiah's tomb

He prophesied concerning the city, the end of the nations, and the shame of the ungodly; and having died, he was buried in his own land.

4. Haggai, a young man, came from Babylon to Jerusalem and clearly prophesied about the return of the people, and he saw in part the building of the temple. Having died, he was buried gloriously in front of the tomb of the priests.

5. Zechariah, son of Berechiah, came from the Chaldeans to Jerusalem, already having advanced in age; and there too he prophesied much to the people, and gave wonders for proof. He also said to Jesedek that he would beget a son and serve in the priesthood in Jerusalem, and he blessed Salathiel upon his son and set the name Zerubbabel. During Cyrus, he gave a wonder for victory and foretold concerning his service, which he would perform in Jerusalem, and blessed him; and he prophesied about the end of the nations, and Israel, and the temple, and the scarcity of prophets and priests. But King Joash of Judah killed him between the temple and the altar, while he was advising him and the people to abstain from ungodliness and to turn to God, and the priests, having taken him, buried him with his father. And from then on, many wonderful wonders occurred in the temple. And the priests were not able to see visions of God's angels, nor to give oracles from David, nor to answer the people through signs as before.

6. Malachi, after the return of the people, was born in Sophia, who being young had a life altogether good. And because all the people honored him as a holy man, they called him Malachi, which means messenger. For he was graceful in appearance and a fulfiller to the people. For whatever he said to them in prophecy, he himself, having seen it on that very day, he was confirmed as a messenger of the Lordhe Lord. And while still young, he was completed and was buried in his own land.

7. Isaiah was the son of Amos from Jerusalem; but having been removed by Manasseh, being sawn in two, he was buried under a Rogem tree, near the crossing of the waters which Hezekiah had closed. And God made the sign of Siloam through the prophet, that before dying, having thirsted a little, he prayed to drink water, and immediately it was sent to him from it. And because of this, he was called Siloam, which means sent.

One. And Hezekiah, because of this prayer, made pits and cisterns. For the water that had flowed out was small when the people were under the siege of the foreigners; and so that the city would not be destroyed as one lacking water, he did this. And when the enemies came to draw water, water did not come; but when the Jews came, the water also came. Therefore until now the water flows out suddenly, so that the mystery of God might be shown.

And since this happened through Isaiah, for the sake of memory, the people also buried him near him with honor, so that through his prayers they might likewise have the enjoyment of the water, because an oracle was given to them concerning this. But the tomb is located away from the tomb of the kings, behind the tomb of the priests toward the south. For Solomon in 61 made the tombs of David, having inscribed them according to the easts of Zion, which has an entrance from Gabao, a distance of four stadia from the city, and he made a crooked arrangement, unperceived, and it is until now unknown to many. There the king had the gold from Ethiopia and the perfumes. And since Hezekiah showed the nations the mystery of David and Solomon, and mixed the bones of his fathers, therefore God delivered his seed into slavery to his enemies, and God made it unfruitful from that day.

14. Jeremiah was from Anathoth and, having been thrown with stones in the tombs of Egypt by the people, dies. And he lies near the house of Pharaoh, because the Egyptians honored him having been benefited through him; for he prayed, and the serpents were no longer for them, and the beasts of the waters—whom the Egyptians call Ephoth and the Greeks crocodiles—which were killing them; and after the prophet prayed, the race of serpents was prevented from that land and likewise the dwelling of the beasts from the river. And as many as are faithful to God, until now pray in the place where he lies, and taking a piece of the soil of the place, they heal snake bites, and the beasts of the water flee. And we heard from the children of Antigonus and Ptolemy some reports that Alexander the Macedonian, having known...