Nehemiah 2:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Nehemiah 2:13

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.

16 And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I had done; I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or the others who did the work.

17 Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies¹ waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be ^aa reproach.”

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Definitions of words in Nehemiah 2:13:

By {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
By {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Fire {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Fire {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Gate {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Gate {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Night {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Refuse {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Serpent {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Serpent {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Valley {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Valley {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Well {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Well {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Jerusalem {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jerusalem {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Nehemiah 2:13:

Jerusalem, 2 {I.S.B.E.}

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