Nehemiah 2:12

Then I got up during the night and went out with just a few men. I didn't explain to anyone what my God had put in my head to do for Jerusalem. I only took one horse to ride.

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In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

11I arrived in Jerusalem and rested for three days.

13So I rode in the dark through the Valley Gate toward the Spring of the Serpent and the Refuse Gate, and I inspected Jerusalem's walls that had been knocked over and the gates that had been burned down.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:9By marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua arrived without warning.

Judges 9:32So come at night with your army and hide in the countryside.

Psalms 51:18Be kind to Zion, help the city; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Proverbs 12:23If you're sensible, you don't show off your knowledge, but stupid people announce their stupidity.

Jeremiah 31:33But this is the agreement I'm going to make with the people of Israel at that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws inside them and write them in their minds. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Amos 5:13So smart people keep quiet in such evil times.

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 →

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