Nehemiah 2:12
And I rose in the night, I, and a fewe men with me: for I told no man, what God had put in mine heart to do at Ierusalem, and there was not a beast with me, saue the beast whereon I rode.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
11So I came to Ierusalem, and was there three dayes.
Cross References
Joshua 10:9Ioshua therefore came vnto them suddenly: for he went vp from Gilgal all the night.
Judges 9:32Now therefore arise by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lye in wayte in the fielde.
Psalms 51:18Bee fauourable vnto Zion for thy good pleasure: builde the walles of Ierusalem.
Proverbs 12:23A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.
Jeremiah 31:33But this shall be the couenant that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the Lord, I will put my Lawe in their inward partes, and write it in their hearts, and wil be their God, and they shalbe my people.
Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent shall keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill 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 →