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The Darby Translation

Nehemiah 2:14

And I went on to the fountain-gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no place for the beast under me to pass.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Country;   Gihon;   Hezekiah;   Jerusalem;   Prudence;   Thompson Chain Reference - Gihon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Pools and Ponds;   Prudence;   Sciences;   Walls;   Water;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethesda;   Jerusalem;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Pool;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Fountain;   Nehemiah;   Siloam, the Pool of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cattle;   Fountain Gate;   King's Pool;   Nehemiah;   Pool;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   King's Pool;   Nehemiah;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Siloam;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Fountain;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Siloah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Fountain;   Sil'oam;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Ate;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - En-;   King's Pool;   Pool;   Siloam;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jerusalem;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but farther down it became too narrow for my animal to go through.
Hebrew Names Version
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.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
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 Century Version
Then I rode on toward the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was not enough room for the animal I was riding to pass through.
New English Translation
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.
Amplified Bible
Then I passed over to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no place for the animal that I was riding to pass.
New American Standard Bible
Then I passed on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no place for my mount 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then I went foorth vnto the gate of the fountaine, and to the Kings fishpoole, and there was no rowme for the beast that was vnder me to passe.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then I passed on to the Spring Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no place for my animal to pass.
Berean Standard Bible
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;
Contemporary English Version
On the east side of the city, I headed north to Fountain Gate and King's Pool, but then the trail became too narrow for my donkey.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to pass.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then I rode on toward the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool. As I got close, I could see there was not enough room for my horse to get through.
George Lamsa Translation
Then I went on to the gate of the valley and to the kings pool; but there was no place for the beast that I was riding to pass.
Good News Translation
Then on the east side of the city I went north to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool. The donkey I was riding could not find any path through the rubble,
Lexham English Bible
I crossed over to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no place for my mount to cross over.
Literal Translation
Then I passed on to the Fountain Gate, and to the King's Pool. But there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And I wente ouer vnto ye Well porte, & to the kynges condyte, & there was no rowme for my beest, yt it coulde go vnder me.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I went ouer vnto the well port, and to the kinges conduite, and there was no roome for the beast that was vnder me to passe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
Then I went on to the gate of the fountaine, and to the kings poole: but there was no place for the beast that was vnder me, to passe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I passed on to the fountain gate, and to the king’s pool; and there was no room for the beast to pass under me.
English Revised Version
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y passid to the yate of the welle, and to the watir cundit of the kyng, and no place was to the hors, `on which Y sat `for to passe;
Update Bible Version
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.
Webster's Bible Translation
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 King James Version
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.
New Living Translation
Then I went to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but my donkey couldn't get through the rubble.
New Life Bible
Then I went on to the Well Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no place for the animal I was on to pass.
New Revised Standard
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool; but there was no place for the animal I was riding to continue.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then passed I over unto the fountain-gate, and unto the pool of the king, - but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I passed to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s aqueduct, and there was no place for the beast on which I rode to pass.
Revised Standard Version
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.
Young's Literal Translation
And I pass over unto the gate of the fountain, and unto the pool of the king, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then I passed on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no place for my mount to pass.

Contextual Overview

9 And I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of a force and horsemen with me. 10 And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there had come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. 11 And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me—but I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem—and there was no beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon. 13 And I went out by night by the valley-gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-gate; and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were in ruins, and its gates were consumed with fire. 14 And I went on to the fountain-gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no place for the beast under me to pass. 15 And I went up in the night through the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate and returned. 16 And the rulers did not know whither I went or what I did, for I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. 17 And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. 18 And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me; as also of the king's words which he had said unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. And they strengthened their hands for the good [work].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the gate of the fountain: The gate leading either to the fountain of Siloam, on the east of the city, or to that of Gihon, on the west. Nehemiah 3:15, 2 Kings 18:17, 2 Kings 20:20, 2 Chronicles 32:30

the king's pool: Probably the aqueduct made by Hezekiah to bring the waters of Gihon to the city of David.

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 12:37 - the fountain gate Ecclesiastes 2:6 - pools

Cross-References

Genesis 10:11
From that land went out Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 15:18
On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;
Genesis 25:18
And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt, as one goes towards Assyria. He settled before the face of all his brethren.
Deuteronomy 1:7
Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and unto all the neighbouring places in the plain, in the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the south, and by the seaside, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours; from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall your border be.
Daniel 10:4
And on the four-and-twentieth day of the first month, I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel:
Revelation 9:14
saying to the sixth angel that had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound at the great river Euphrates.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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. Rauwolff says t there is still standing on the outside of the valley Tyropaeum (which distinguishes the two mountains Zion and Moriah) the gate of the fountain, which hath its name, because it leadeth towards the fountain of Siloah, called the king's pool:

but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass; because of the heaps of rubbish that lay there.

t Travels, par. 3. c. 3. p. 227.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 2 Chronicles 32:30.


 
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