Nehemiah 2:11-16

11 1So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days.
12 Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode.
13 I went out by night by 2the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to 3the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem 4that were broken down 5and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
14 Then I went on to 6the Fountain Gate and to 7the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass.
15 Then I went up in the night 8by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.
16 And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who were to do the work.

Cross References 8

  • 1. Ezra 8:32
  • 2. Nehemiah 3:13; 2 Chronicles 26:9
  • 3. Nehemiah 3:13, 14; Nehemiah 12:31
  • 4. Nehemiah 1:3
  • 5. ver. 3, 17
  • 6. Nehemiah 3:15; Nehemiah 12:37
  • 7. 2 Kings 20:20; [Nehemiah 3:16; 2 Chronicles 32:3, 30]
  • 8. 2 Samuel 15:23
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