Nehemiah 2:15

Translations

Modern

…so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.

Traditional

Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

Literal

And I went up by the valley by night, and I was inspecting the wall, and I turned back and came in through the Gate of the Valley, and I returned.

Latin

Et ascendi per torrentem nocte, et considerabam murum, et reversus veni ad portam vallis, et redii.

Original

Hebrew

English

…so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.

Notes

Nehemiah 2:12–15

Nehemiah needed to see the walls himself to make strong plans for rebuilding and to gather the workers he needed. He secretly checked the walls at night to avoid being seen by his enemies. He only inspected the southern part of the city.

Nehemiah 1:1–2:20

When Nehemiah heard about Jerusalem's ruins, he prayed for God's help (Nehemiah 1:1–11) and asked the king to send him to Jerusalem (2:1–8). Upon arrival, he urged the people to rebuild the city's wall (Nehemiah 2:11–20).

Theme notes and profiles

Nehemiah Jerusalem Rebuilding of Jerusalem

Related verses

2 Samuel 15:23
Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
John 18:1
After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
Jeremiah 31:38–40
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

Places

Valley Gate: A gate in Jerusalem's wall, rebuilt by Nehemiah

Glossary

Book of Nehemiah Horonite Jerusalem Nehemiah (Person) Samaria Sanballat Tobiah

Topics

Cedron: Brook of, Running South Under the Eastern Wall of Jerusalem Country: Love of Gihon: Hezekiah Brings the Waters of the Upper Pool by an Aqueduct Into the City of Jerusalem Hezekiah: King of Judah: Conducts the Gihon Brook Into Jerusalem Jerusalem: Water Supply Brought in from the Gihon Brook by Hezekiah Kidron: A Valley and Stream Between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives Prudence: Nehemiah Prudence: Nehemiah, in Conduct of Affairs at Jerusalem Sciences: Surveying Walls of Cities: Destruction of, a Punishment and Cause of Grief

Nehemiah 2:15

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