Nehemiah 2:14

“Then I went on to the pool of the fountain, and to the king’s pool. etc.] 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 f19 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.”

“Then--that is, after having passed through the gate of the Essenes. I went on to the gate of the fountain--that is, Siloah, from which turning round the fount of Ophel. to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass--that is, by the sides of this pool (Solomon's) there being water in the pool, and too much rubbish about it to permit the passage of the beast.”

“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). return to 'Top of Page'”

“No place - The way being obstructed with heaps of rubbish. Nehemiah 2:16”

“2:14 The King’s Pool was either the pool of Siloam or another pool southeast of the city; both were created from the overflow of the Gihon Spring (see 2 Kgs 20:20).”

“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. Neh 3:15; Kg2 18:17, Kg2 20:20; Ch2 32:30 the king's pool: Probably the aqueduct made by Hezekiah to bring the waters of Gihon to the city of David. Nehemiah 2:15”

“"And I went on to the fountain-gate, and to the king's pool, and there was no room for the beast to come through under me." The very name of the fountain-or well-gate points to the foundation of Siloah (see rem. on Neh 3:15); hence it lay on the eastern declivity of Zion, but not in the district or neighbourhood of the present Bb el Mogharibeh, in which tradition finds the ancient dung-gate, but much farther south, in the neighbourhood of the pool of Siloah; see rem. on Neh 3:15. The King's pool is probably the same which Josephus (bell. Jud. v. 4. 2) calls Σολομῶνος κολυμβήθρα, and places east of the spring of Siloah, and which is supposed by Robinson (Palestine, ii. pp. 149, 159) and…”