Nehemiah 2:14

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.

Brenton Septuagint

In The 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.

In Context

13And I went forth by the gate of the valley by night, and to the mouth of the well of fig trees, and to the dung-gate: and I mourned over the wall of Jerusalem which they were destroying, and her gates were devoured with fire.

15And I went up by the wall of the brook by night, and mourned over the wall, and passed through the gate of the valley, and returned.

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Cross References

2 Kings 18:17And the king of the Assyrians sent Tharthan and Raphis and Rapsakes from Lachis to king Ezekias with a + 18:17 Gr. heavy.strong force against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is by the way of the fuller's field.

2 Chronicles 32:30The same Ezekias stopped up the course of the water of Gion above, and brought the water down straight south of the city of David. And Ezekias prospered in all his works.

Nehemiah 3:16After him repaired Neemias son of Azabuch, ruler of half the district round about Bethsur, as far as the garden of David's sepulchre, and as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 2:10-20

Nehemiah's Journey to Jerusalem; the Malice of Sanballat, &c. ( b. c. 445.) 9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. 11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me;… Read the whole commentary →

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