Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king’s pool, but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
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Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king’s pool, but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
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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.
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Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king's pool; but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
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Passages linked to Nehemiah 2:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Nehemiah 3:15 Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah repaired the spring gate. He built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, even to the stairs that go down from David’s city.
- 2 Kings 20:20 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Chronicles 32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of David’s city. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
- 2 Kings 18:17 The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, conduit.
Or, conduit.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Neh 2:14 Then I went on to the gate…
Neh 2:14 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.
Ver. 14. Then I went to the gate of the fountain] Or well-gate; where was great plenty of water ponds, watering places, &c. Junius saith it was that whereby men went out to the pool of Siloah and Rogel.
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And to the king’s pool] The water course made, or repaired, at least, by King Hezekiah, 2Ki 20:20.
But there was no place for the beast, &c.] There was so much rubbish, and such ruins. This was the fruit of sin, which makes of a city a heap, as the prophet speaks, and hurls such confusion over the world, that had not Christ, our true Nehemiah, undertaken the shattered condition thereof to uphold it, it had surely fallen about Adam’s ears.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The gate of the fountain, i.e. which led to…
The gate of the fountain, i.e. which led to the fountain, to wit, of Siloah or Gibon.
The king’s pool; that which king Hezekiah had made: of which see 2Ch 32:3,30.
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There was no place for the beast to pass; the way being obstructed with heaps of rubbish.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then went I up in the night by the…
Then went I up in the night by the brook,.... The brook Kidron:
and viewed the wall; that was on that side:
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and turned back; did not go quite round the wall, the way perhaps being obstructed with rubbish, and was unpassable or he had not time to do it:
and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned; into the city, the same way he went out of it, Neh 2:13.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain No place - The way being obstructed with heaps…
No place - The way being obstructed with heaps of rubbish.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. The gate of the fountain] Of Siloah.
Verse 14. The 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 2Ch 32:30.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Neh 2:14-16. I went on to the gate of…
Neh 2:14-16. I went on to the gate of the fountain — That is, which led to the fountain, to wit, of Siloah or Gihon. And to the king’s pool — That which King Hezekiah had made, of which see 2Ch 32:3-30. But there was no place for the beast, &c. — The way being obstructed with heaps of rubbish. Then went I up by the brook — Of Kidron, of which see on 2Sa 15:23. And so returned — Having gone around about the city. Nor to the rest that did the work — Or were to do it, that is, whom he intended to employ in it.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The gate of the fountain - A gate on…
The gate of the fountain - A gate on the eastern side of the Tyropoeon valley, not far from the pool of Siloam (probably “the king’s pool.” (Compare Neh 3:15).
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Aqueduct, or reservoir, made by Ezechias, 2 Paralipomenon xxxii.…
Aqueduct, or reservoir, made by Ezechias, 2 Paralipomenon xxxii. 30.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Then--that is, after having passed through the gate of…
Then--that is, after having passed through the gate of the Essenes.
I went on to the gate of the fountain--that is, Siloah, from which turning round the fount of Ophel.
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to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass--that is, by the sides of this pool (Solomon's) there being water in the pool, and too much rubbish about it to permit the passage of the beast.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. Gate of the fountain — This was doubtless…
14. Gate of the fountain — This was doubtless the gate situated at the mouth of the Tyropoeon, and near the fountain, or pool of Siloam. It is to be identified with “the gate between two walls,” (2Ki_25:4,) by which king Zedekiah fled from the city.
The king’s pool — Probably that now commonly known as the fountain of the Virgin, a little north of the pool of Siloam, and connected with it by a subterranean passage. By many this is now believed to be the same as the Bethesda of the New Testament. Joh_5:2.
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No place for the beast… to pass — So filled had the narrow valley become with the rubbish of the long desolate city.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. I went on] Literally ‘I crossed’ or ‘passed…
14. I went on] Literally ‘I crossed’ or ‘passed over.’
to the gate of the fountain] R.V. to the fountain gate. On the disputed identification of ‘the fountain gate,’ see Neh_3:15, Neh_12:37. It seems to have stood almost at the southernmost part of the city, at the mouth of the narrow valley of the Tyropoeon. It derived its name either from its proximity to the waters of ‘the only real well at Jerusalem,’ now known as Bîr Eyub, ‘the well of Job’ (probably En-Rogel) ‘a little below the junction of the Kidron and Hinnom valleys’ (Wilson’s Jerusalem, p. 104), or from its proximity to Siloam, called by Josephus ‘a fountain’ (πηγή) in Bell. Jud. v. 4. 1.
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the king’s pool] Probably to be identified with the Pool of Siloam, and here called ‘the king’s pool’ because it adjoined ‘the king’s garden.’ It consisted of an upper and a lower reservoir (Isa_7:3; Isa_22:9; Isa_22:11; 2Ki_18:17) fed by a subterranean conduit from the waters of Gihon (cf. 2Ki_20:20).
there was no place] Apparently owing to the ruins of the walls and the steepness of the slope Nehemiah could not continue his investigation, following the line of the wall.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) The gate of the fountain of Siloah (Neh_3:15),…
(14) The gate of the fountain of Siloah (Neh_3:15), called also “the king’s pool.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The gate of the fountain. A gate near the…
The gate of the fountain. A gate near the pool of Siloam; (which, though bearing that name in Neh_3:15, seems to be here called "the king"s pool perhaps the "gate between two walls of 2Ki_25:4. There was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. The accumulated rubbish blocked the way. The animal could not proceed. Nehemiah therefore dismounted, and "in the night, dark as it was, pursued his way on foot.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 2:14 The King’s Pool was either the pool of…
2:14 The King’s Pool was either the pool of Siloam or another pool southeast of the city; both were created from the overflow of the Gihon Spring (see 2 Kgs 20:20).
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