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.

Then - i:e., after having passed through the gate of the Essenes.

I went on to the gate of the fountain - i:e., Siloah, from which turning round the fount of Ophel.

To the king's pool ... no place for the beast that was under me to pass - i:e., 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.

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