14 Then I passed on to (A)the Fountain Gate and (B)the King’s Pool, but there was no place for [a]my mount to pass.

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  1. Nehemiah 2:14 Lit the animal under me

14 Then I moved on toward the Fountain Gate(A) and the King’s Pool,(B) but there was not enough room for my mount to get through;

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15 Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the official of the district of Mizpah, (A)repaired the Fountain Gate. He built it, made a roof for it, and installed its doors with its bolts and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah at (B)the king’s garden as far as (C)the steps that descend from the city of David. 16 After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, (D)official of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs as far as a point opposite the tombs of David, and as far as (E)the [a]artificial pool and the house of the mighty men.

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  1. Nehemiah 3:16 Lit constructed

15 The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofing it over and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam,[a](A) by the King’s Garden, as far as the steps going down from the City of David. 16 Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth Zur,(B) made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs[b](C) of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Heroes.

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  1. Nehemiah 3:15 Hebrew Shelah, a variant of Shiloah, that is, Siloam
  2. Nehemiah 3:16 Hebrew; Septuagint, some Vulgate manuscripts and Syriac tomb