Nehemiah 2:14 - Exposition

The gate of the fountain . A gate near the pool of Siloam (which, though bearing that name in Nehemiah 3:15 , seems to be here called "the king's pool" ); perhaps the "gate between two walls of 2 Kings 25:4 . There was no place for the beast that was under me to pass . The accumulated rubbish blocked the way. The animal could not proceed. Nehemiah therefore dismounted, and "in the night, dark as it was, pursued his way on foot.