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Nehemiah 2:15 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 2 · verse 15
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.Nehemiah 2:15 · King James Version
Nehemiah 2:15 in context
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.
16And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- enteredbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- viewedsâbarto scrutinizeH7663 →
- viewedshâbarto burstH7665 →
- valleygayʼa gorge (from its lofty sidesH1516 →
- nightlayilproperly, a twistH3915 →
- brooknachala stream, especially a winter torrentH5158 →
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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