Nehemiah 2:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Nehemiah 2:14 - Albert 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 ).
Nehemiah 2:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah Arrives in Jerusalem and Surveys the Walls. Nehemiah 2:9 . The account of the journey is omitted, interest being centred upon what Nehemiah was going to do in Jerusalem. the governors b...
Nehemiah 2:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The gate of the fountain - Of Siloah. The king's pool - Probab...
Nehemiah 2:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Then - i:e., after having passed through the gate of the...
Nehemiah 2:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah's Resolve to rebuild Jerusalem This chapter gives an account of Nehemiah's request for leave to rebuild Jerusalem, his arrival there, and his survey of the ruined walls, which it was deci...
Nehemiah 2:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(12-18) Nehemiah’s cautious preliminaries.
Nehemiah 2:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE MIDNIGHT RIDE Nehemiah 2:9-20 NEHEMIAH'S journey up to Jerusalem differed in many respects from Ezra's great expedition, with a host of emigrants, rich stores, and all the accompaniments of...
Nehemiah 2:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Braving Ridicule and Treachery Nehemiah 2:12-20 ; Nehemiah 4:1-12 Suspicion , Nehemiah 2:12-20 . Sanballat was probably a Moabite, a native of Horonaim; Tobiah had been a slave. There are m...
Nehemiah 2:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah's sadness could not wholly be hidden. He had not been habitually a sad man, as he himself declares; but the sorrow of his nation manifested itself as he stood before the king. It has been s...
Nehemiah 2:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither wa...
Nehemiah 2:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 Eg...
Nehemiah 2:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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-g...
Nehemiah 2:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 2 Chronicles 32:3-30...
Nehemiah 2:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This exercise of Nehemiah continued for four months following the information he received, and finally came to a head in the month Nisan (corresponding to March or April), when Nehemiah was serving w...
Nehemiah 2:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah's Journey to Jerusalem; the Malice of Sanballat, c. B. C. 445. 9 Then I came...
Nehemiah 2:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 2 Chronicles 32:3,30 . There was no plac...
Nehemiah 2:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah Secretly Inspects The Walls Of Jerusalem And The Decision Is Made To Rebuild Them ( Nehemiah 2:11-18 ). Having arrived safely in Jerusalem Nehemiah rested, prior to a secret surveillance...
Nehemiah 2:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 2:1 . Nisan ] Called Abib in Exodus 13:4 , first month in Hebrew national year. Corresponds to parts of our March and April. Nehemiah 2:3 . Let the king live for...
Nehemiah 2:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 2:1 . Nisan. See the chronology, Exodus 12 . Artaxerxes was well disposed towards the Jews. He had sent Ezra to Jerusalem in the seventh year of his reign; he now sends Nehemiah in the t...
Nehemiah 2:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then I came to the governors beyond the river. The initial stages of a great reformation Great reformations often have an insignificant commencement and are slow in developing their true propor...
Nehemiah 2:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION NEHEMIAH 'S JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM ( Nehemiah 3:9-16 ). On his way to Jerusalem, Nehemiah would pass through the provinces of various Persian satraps and governors. To those beyo...
Nehemiah 2:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah Arrives at Jerusalem
Nehemiah 2:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 32:30 ; 2 Kings 18:17 ; 2 Kings 20:20 ; Nehemiah 3:15
Nehemiah 2:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Rebuilding the Wall Nehemiah 2:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we study the Book of Nehemiah we learn the truth of that old saying, "God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform." This was...
Nehemiah 2:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

No place — The way being obstructed with heaps of rubbish.

Nehemiah 2:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 2:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 2:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 2:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 2:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 2:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 2:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 2:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 2:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 2:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 2:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 2:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 2:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 2:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 2:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 2:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 2:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 2:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 2:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 2:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 2:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 2:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 2:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 2:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Nehemiah 2:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes