Nehemiah 2:12

And I arose in the lailah, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what Elohai had put in my lev to do for Yerushalayim; neither was there any mount with me, save the mount that I rode upon.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

11So I came to Yerushalayim; was there 3 yamim.

13And I went out by lailah by the Valley Gate, even before the Dragonʼs Spring, and to the Dung Gate, + 2:13 3:13 and made inspection of the Chomat Yerushalayim, which had been broken down, and the gates thereof that were consumed with eish.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:9Yehoshua therefore came unto them pitom, and went up from Gilgal kol halailah.

Judges 9:32Now therefore go up by lailah, thou and the people with thee, and lie in wait in the sadeh:

Psalms 51:18For Thou desirest not zevach (sacrifice); 1 else would I give it; Thou delightest not in olah (burnt offering). 1

Proverbs 12:23A prudent man concealeth da'as, 1 but the lev kesilim (mind of fools) preaches folly. 1

Jeremiah 31:33And they shall teach no more every ish his re'a (neighbor), and every ish his brother, saying, Know Hashem; for they shall all have da'as of Me, from the katon of them unto the gadol of them, saith Hashem; for I will forgive their avon, and I will remember their chattat no more. 1

Amos 5:13Therefore the maskil (prudent) shall keep silence in such times; 1 for it is an evil time. 1

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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