# Nehemiah 2:14

> Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;

— Nehemiah 2:14, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Siloam** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/siloam
- **Fountain Gate** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/fountain-gate

## When

- 445 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Nehemiah 2:1 dates itself by the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, which is 445 BC by Persian chronology.

## Who ruled

- **Artaxerxes I**, king of Persia, 465-424 BC · Source: Herodotus VII; Thucydides I; the Elephantine papyri

## See also

- Nehemiah 3:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/3/15
- 2 Kings 20:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/20/20
- 2 Chronicles 32:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/32/30

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/14
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).