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;
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Nehemiah 2:14

12During the night I went out with a few men without telling anyone what my God had inspired me to do for Jerusalem. The only animal I had was the one I was riding. 13I went through Valley Gate that night toward Snake Fountain and Dung Gate and examined the places where the walls of Jerusalem were broken down and where its gates had been burned. Passing through Fountain Gate, I arrived at King’s Pool, but the animal I was riding couldn’t get through. 15So I went through the valley that night and examined the wall. Then I turned back, entered Valley Gate, and returned. 16The officials didn’t know where I had gone or what I had done. I hadn’t yet told the Jews, the priests, the leaders, the other officials, or any of the rest who would be doing 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 3:15Shallun, Col Hozeh’s son, the official in charge of the district of Mizpah, repaired Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put a roof over it, and set its doors, locks, and bars in place. He also made repairs on the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King’s Garden as far as the stairs going down from the City of David.
• 2 Kings 18:17Then the king of Assyria sent his commander-in-chief, his quartermaster, and his field commander with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came there and stood at the channel for the Upper Pool on the road to the Laundryman’s Field.
• 2 Kings 20:20Isn’t everything else about Hezekiah, all his heroic acts and how he made the pool and tunnel to bring water into the city, written in the official records of the kings of Judah?
• 2 Chronicles 32:30Hezekiah was the one who stopped the water from flowing from the upper outlet of Gihon. He channeled the water directly underground to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah succeeded in everything he did.

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
• Siloam; Siloah; Shelah; Shiloah
• Fountain

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