Nehemiah 2:14

Nehemiah 2:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)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;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to pass.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then I went to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but my donkey couldn’t get through the rubble.

Context of Nehemiah 2:14

12Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode. 13I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. 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. 15Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. 16And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who were to do the work.

Nehemiah 2:14 word by word

וָאֶֽעֱבֹר֙ אֶל־שַׁ֣עַר הָעַ֔יִן וְאֶל־בְּרֵכַ֖ת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְאֵין־מָק֥וֹם לַבְּהֵמָ֖ה לַעֲבֹ֥ר תַּחְתָּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then I went onעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• to the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of the fountainעַ֫יִן‛ayin · Fountain (Gate)H5869
• and to the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · King'sH4428
• poolבְּרֵכָהberêkâh · (Shelah) PoolH1295
• no placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• for the beastבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929

Cross-references for Nehemiah 2:14

• Nehemiah 3:15And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the king's garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David.
• 2 Kings 18:17And the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they arrived, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washer's Field.
• 2 Kings 20:20The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah and all his might and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
• 2 Chronicles 32:30This same Hezekiah closed the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 2:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The gate of the fountain - Of Siloah. The king's pool - Probably the aqueduct made by Hezekiah, to bring the waters of Gihon to the city of David. See 2 Chronicles 32:30.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 When Nehemiah had considered the matter, he told the Jews that God had put it into his heart to build the wall of Jerusalem. He does not undertake to do it without them. By stirring up ourselves and one another to that which is good, we strengthen ourselves and one another for it. We are weak in our duty, when we are cold and careless.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The King’s Pool was likely the Pool of Siloam or another pool southeast of the city. Both pools were made from the overflow of the Gihon Spring (see 2 Kings 20:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. I went out by night by the gate of the valley--that is, the Jaffa gate, near the tower of Hippicus. even before the dragon well--that is, fountain on the opposite side of the valley. and to the dung port--the gate on the east of the city, through which there ran a common sewer to the brook Kedron and the valley of Hinnom.Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 2:14

• Country
• Gihon
• Hezekiah
• Jerusalem
• Prudence

In the dictionaries

• King's Pool
• Laugh
• Pool
• Reproach
• Scorn
• En-
• Ezra-Nehemiah
• Jerusalem
• Pool; Pond; Reservoir
• Siloam; Siloah; Shelah; Shiloah

Commentaries on Nehemiah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings