Nehemías 2:13

13 Salí por la puerta del Valle cuando ya había oscurecido y pasé por el pozo del Chacal
hacia la puerta del Estiércol para inspeccionar las murallas caídas y las puertas quemadas.

Nehemías 2:13 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 2:13

And I went out by night, by the gate of the valley
Where that formerly stood, for the gates had been burnt, and were not as yet rebuilt; this was the gate that led to the valley of Jehoshaphat, according to some; or rather to the valley of dead bodies, through which the brook Kidron ran, see ( 2 Chronicles 26:9 ) ( Jeremiah 31:4 ) it is the gate through which Christ went to Calvary; it led to Shiloh, Bethhoron, and Golan:

even before the dragon well;
so called from its winding about, just as a crooked winding river is called serpentine; though some think here stood an image of a dragon, either in wood, or stone, or brass, out of the mouth of which the water flowed from the well; and others, that since the desolations of Jerusalem, serpents or dragons had their abode here:

and to the dung port;
by which they used to carry the dung out of the city, and by which they went to Joppa, the sea, and all the western parts:

and viewed the walls of Jerusalem:
in what condition they were, what was necessary to be wholly taken down, and where to begin to build: it must have been a moonlight night or he could not have taken a view; for to have carried torches or lamps with them would have discovered them:

and the gates thereof were consumed with fire;
nothing of them remained.

Nehemías 2:13 In-Context

11 Nehemías inspecciona la muralla de Jerusalén
Entonces llegué a Jerusalén. Tres días después,

12 me escabullí durante la noche, llevando conmigo a unos cuantos hombres. No le había dicho a nadie acerca de los planes que Dios había puesto en mi corazón para Jerusalén. No llevamos ningún animal de carga, con excepción del burro en el que yo cabalgaba.

13 Salí por la puerta del Valle cuando ya había oscurecido y pasé por el pozo del Chacal
hacia la puerta del Estiércol para inspeccionar las murallas caídas y las puertas quemadas.

14 Luego fui a la puerta de la Fuente y al estanque del Rey, pero mi burro no pudo pasar por los escombros.

15 A pesar de que aún estaba oscuro, subí por el valle de Cedrón
e inspeccioné la muralla, antes de regresar y entrar nuevamente por la puerta del Valle.