Nehemiah 2:12
And I got up in the night, I and a few men with me. And I did not reveal to anyone what God had placed in my heart to do in Jerusalem. And there was no animal with me, except the animal on which I was sitting.
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In Context
11And I arrived at Jerusalem, and I was there for three days.
Cross References
Joshua 10:9And so Joshua, ascending from Gilgal throughout the night, rushed upon them suddenly.
Judges 9:32And so, rise up in the night, with the people who are with you, and lie hidden in the field.
Proverbs 12:23A resourceful man conceals knowledge. And the heart of the unwise provokes foolishness.
Jeremiah 31:33But this will be the covenant that I will form with the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord: I will give my law to their inner most being, and I will write it upon their heart. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent will be silent at that time, for it is an evil time.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 2:10-20
Nehemiah's Journey to Jerusalem; the Malice of Sanballat, &c. ( b. c. 445.) 9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. 11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me;… Read the whole commentary →