Nehemiah 2:12

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.

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11So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

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.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:9Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.

Judges 9:32Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

Psalms 51:18Do good in thy good pleasure 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 shall be 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 write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in 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 →

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