Nehemiah 2:11

11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

Nehemiah 2:11 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 2:11

So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
] Before he entered on any business, resting himself from the fatigue of the journey, and receiving the visits of his friends, as Ezra before him did, ( Ezra 8:32 ) .

Nehemiah 2:11 In-Context

9 And I came to the governors beyond the river, and I gave them the king's letters. (Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.)

10 And Sanaballat the Aronite heard , and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and it was grievous to them that a man was come to seek good for the children of Israel.

11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

12 And I rose up by night, I and a few men with me; and I told no man what God put into my heart to do with Israel; and there was no beast with me, except the beast which I rode upon.

13 And I went forth by the gate of the valley by night, and to the mouth of the well of fig trees, and to the dung-gate: and I mourned over the wall of Jerusalem which they were destroying, and her gates were devoured with fire.