Nehemiah 2:12

I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me, other than the one I was riding.

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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 Jerusalem and was there three days.

13I went out by night by the Valley Gate, toward the Jackal's Well and to the Dung Gate, and inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken open, and the wooden gates were destroyed by fire.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:9Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched all night from Gilgal.

Judges 9:32Now, get up during the night, you and the soldiers with you, and prepare an ambush in the fields.

Psalms 51:18Do good in your good pleasure to Zion; 1 rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. 1

Proverbs 12:23A prudent man conceals his knowledge, 1 but the heart of fools shouts out folly. 1

Jeremiah 31:33This is the covenant 2 that I will establish with the house of Israel 1 after these days 2 —this is Yahweh's declaration. 1 I will place my law within them 2 and will write it on their heart, 1 for I will be their God, 2 and they will be my people. 1

Amos 5:13Therefore any prudent person is silent at such a time, 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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