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. But there was no place for the beast, &c. The way being obstructed with heaps of rubbish. Then went I up by the brook Of Kidron, of which see on 2 Samuel 15:23. And so returned Having gone around about the city. Nor to the rest that did the work Or were to do it, that is, whom he intended to employ in it.
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Nehemiah 2:14-16
14 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.
15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I 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.