Nehemiah 2:14 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 2:14

Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;

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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.

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Then I went on to the pool of the fountain, and to the king's pool..... That led to the fountain Siloah or Gihon, so called; it was the way to the potter's field, to Bethlehem, Hebron, Gaza, and Egypt.

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The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I went on to the gate of the fountain--that is, Siloah, from which turning round the fount of Ophel. 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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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֶֽעֱבֹר֙	va.'e.'e.Vor	and I passed on	H5674 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
שַׁ֣עַר	Sha.'ar	[the] gate of	H8179 →
הָעַ֔יִן	ha.'A.yin	the spring	H5869 →
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
בְּרֵכַ֖ת	be.re.Khat	[the] pool of	H1295 →
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וְאֵין־	ve.'ein-	and there not	H369 →
מָק֥וֹם	ma.Kom	[was] room	H4725 →
לַבְּהֵמָ֖ה	la.be.he.Mah	for the animal	H929 →
לַעֲבֹ֥ר	la.'a.Vor	to pass through	H5674 →
תַּחְתָּֽי׃	tach.Tai	under me	H8478 →

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Through
2 Kings 18:17
Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by…
leads to
- 2 Kings 20:20
  As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 20:1
  Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,
- Isaiah 7:3
  Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
Through
Nehemiah 3:15
The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of…
leads to
- John 9:7
  Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.
- Isaiah 8:6
  “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
Through
2 Kings 20:20
As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in…
leads to
- Nehemiah 3:16
  Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the…
Through
2 Chronicles 32:30
It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
leads to
- 1 Kings 1:33
  “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
- Isaiah 22:9–11
  You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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Where the connections lead

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About Nehemiah