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

12I got up during the night, along with a few men who were with me. But I did not tell anyone what my God was putting on my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me, except for the one I was riding. 13I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons and the Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. I passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King’s Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me. 15I continued up the valley during the night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and came to the Valley Gate, and so returned. 16The officials did not know where I had gone or what I had been doing, for up to this point I had not told any of the Jews or the priests or the nobles or the officials or the rest of the workers.

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 son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.
• 2 Kings 18:17The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.
• 2 Kings 20:20The rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign and all his accomplishments, including how he built a pool and conduit to bring water into the city, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 32:30Hezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah succeeded in all that 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
• 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