Nehemiah 2:15

15 Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall; and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.

Nehemiah 2:15 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 2:15

Then went I up in the night by the brook
The brook Kidron:

and viewed the wall;
that was on that side:

and turned back;
did not go quite round the wall, the way perhaps being obstructed with rubbish, and was unpassable or he had not time to do it:

and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned;
into the city, the same way he went out of it, ( Nehemiah 2:13 ) .

Nehemiah 2:15 In-Context

13 I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Jackal's Well and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which had been destroyed by fire.

14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool; but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

15 Then I went up in the night by 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 that were to do the work.

17 Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer disgrace."