Nehemiah 2:14

14 Then I moved on toward the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was not enough room for my mount to get through;

Read Chapter Compare

PREVIOUS Nehemiah 2:13 NEXT Nehemiah 2:15

Nehemiah 2:14 in Other Translations

KJV

14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

ESV

14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass.

NLT

14 Then I went to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but my donkey couldn’t get through the rubble.

MSG

14 I then crossed to the Fountain Gate and headed for the King's Pool but there wasn't enough room for the donkey I was riding to get through.

CSB

14 I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but farther down it became too narrow for my animal to go through.

Nehemiah 2:14 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 2:14

Then I went on to the pool of the fountain, and to the king's
pool.
&c.] That led to the fountain Siloah or Gihon, so called; it was the way to the potter's field, to Bethlehem, Hebron, Gaza, and Egypt. Rauwolff says ^F20 there is still standing on the outside of the valley Tyropaeum (which distinguishes the two mountains Zion and Moriah) the gate of the fountain, which hath its name, because it leadeth towards the fountain of Siloah, called the king's pool:

but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass;
because of the heaps of rubbish that lay there.

FOOTNOTES:

F20 Travels, par. 3. c. 3. p. 227.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Nehemiah 2:14 In-Context

12 I set out during the night with a few others. I had not told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no mounts with me except the one I was riding on.

13 By night I went out through the Valley Gate toward the Jackal Well and the Dung Gate, examining the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire.

14 Then I moved on toward the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was not enough room for my mount to get through;

15 so I went up the valley by night, examining the wall. Finally, I turned back and reentered through the Valley Gate.

16 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, because as yet I had said nothing to the Jews or the priests or nobles or officials or any others who would be doing the work.

Cross References 2

1. Nehemiah 3:15; Nehemiah 12:37
2. S 2 Kings 18:17

Nehemiah 2:14

Share

Settings

Nehemiah 2:14 in Other Translations

Nehemiah 2:14 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 2:14 In-Context

Cross References 2