Nehemiah 2:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Nehemiah 2:11

9 Then I went to the governors in the region 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 ^aSanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard of it, they were deeply disturbed that a man had come to seek the well-being of the children of Israel.

Nehemiah Views the Wall of Jerusalem

11 So I ^acame to Jerusalem and was there three days.

12 Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me; I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem; nor was there any animal with me, except the one on which I rode.

13 And I went out by night ^athrough the Valley Gate to the Serpent Well and the¹ Refuse Gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem which were ^bbroken down and its gates which were burned with fire.

14 Then I went on to the ^aFountain Gate and to the ^bKing’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to pass.

15 So I went up in the night by the ^avalley, and viewed the wall; then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.

Verse Comparison: Nehemiah 2:11

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American Standard Version
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

Amplified® Bible
So I came to Jerusalem and had been there three days.

Contemporary English Version
Three days after arriving in Jerusalem,

Darby English Version
And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

Good News Bible
I went on to Jerusalem, and for three days

King James Version
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

New American Standard Bible
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

New International Version
I went to Jerusalem, and after staying there three days

New King James Version
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So I came to Jerusalem and remained there three days.

Revised Standard Version
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

Young's Literal Translation
And I come in unto Jerusalem, and I am there three days,

New English Translation
So I came to Jerusalem.¹ When I had been there for three days,

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