Nehemiah 2:14

Translations

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.

American King James Version (AKJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beast to get through.

Webster's Revision

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.

World English Bible

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.

English Revised Version (ERV)

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.

Clarke's Nehemiah 2:14 Bible Commentary

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 2 Chronicles 32:30.

Barnes's Nehemiah 2:14 Bible Commentary

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 Nehemiah 3:15).

Wesley's Nehemiah 2:14 Bible Commentary

2:14 No place - The way being obstructed with heaps of rubbish.