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Nehemiah 2:13 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 2 · verse 13
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.Nehemiah 2:13 · King James Version
Nehemiah 2:13 in context
11So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
12And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
13And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
14Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
15Then 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- valleygayʼa gorge (from its lofty sidesH1516 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- dragontannîyna marine or land monsterH8577 →
- viewedsâbarto scrutinizeH7663 →
- viewedshâbarto burstH7665 →
- nightlayilproperly, a twistH3915 →
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We are here told, I. Now Nehemiah was dismissed by the court he was sent from. The king appointed captains of the army and horsemen to go with him (Neh 2:9), both for his guard and to show that he was a man whom the king did delight to honour, that all the king's servants might respect him accordingly.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-20