Nehemiah 2:12
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
11So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
Cross References
Joshua 10:9Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly; for he went up from Gilgal all the night.
Judges 9:32Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field.
Psalms 51:18(51-20) Do good in Thy favour unto Zion; build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Proverbs 12:23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Jeremiah 31:33But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the LORD, I will put My law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people;
Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent doth keep silence in such a 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 →