Nehemiah 2:15

Nehemiah 2:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
• New International Version (NIV)so I went up the valley by night, examining the wall. Finally, I turned back and reentered through the Valley Gate.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So I went up in the night by the valley, and viewed the wall; then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.

Context of Nehemiah 2:15

13I went through the Valley Gate to the Jackal Well and the Dung Gate. As I went, I looked carefully at Jerusalem's walls. They were broken. Fire had destroyed the city's gates. 14I went to the Fountain Gate and then to the King's Pool. The path there was too narrow for my donkey to pass through. So I went along the path in the valley while it was still night. I continued to look at the wall. I reached the Valley Gate again and I went back into the city. 16The city's officers did not know that I had done this. I had not told anyone what I had decided to do. I had not told any of the other Jews, their priests, their leaders or the city's officers. I had not told any of the people who would help to do the work on the wall. 17But then I said to them, ‘We have a big problem. Jerusalem has become a heap of stones. Fire has burned the gates. You must help to build the city's walls again. Then we will no longer be ashamed of our city.’

Nehemiah 2:15 word by word

וָאֱהִ֨י עֹלֶ֤ה בַנַּ֙חַל֙ לַ֔יְלָה וָאֱהִ֥י שֹׂבֵ֖ר בַּחוֹמָ֑ה וָאָשׁ֗וּב וָאָב֛וֹא בְּשַׁ֥עַר הַגַּ֖יְא וָאָשֽׁוּב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then went I upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• in the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• by the brookנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: valleyH5158
• and viewedשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• and viewedשָׂבַרώâbar shâbar · to inspectH7663
• the wallחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• and turned backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• and enteredבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• by the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of the valleyגַּיְאgay' gay · Valley (Gate)H1516

Cross-references for Nehemiah 2:15

• 2 Samuel 15:23As David and his men left the city, all the people who saw them wept loudly. The king went across the Kidron Valley and his men followed him. They travelled along the road towards the desert.
• Jeremiah 31:38The Lord says this: ‘The time will soon come when this city of Jerusalem belongs to me again. You will build it all again, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner gate.
• John 18:1When Jesus had finished praying, he and his disciples went out. They went across the Kidron valley. On the other side, there was a garden. Jesus and his disciples went into it.
• Nehemiah 2:13I went through the Valley Gate to the Jackal Well and the Dung Gate. As I went, I looked carefully at Jerusalem's walls. They were broken. Fire had destroyed the city's gates.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 2:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15By the brook - Kidron. By the gate of the Valley - The valley through which the brook Kidron flowed. It was by this gate he went out; so he went all round the city, and entered by the same gate from which he had gone out.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 When Nehemiah had considered the matter, he told the Jews that God had put it into his heart to build the wall of Jerusalem. He does not undertake to do it without them. By stirring up ourselves and one another to that which is good, we strengthen ourselves and one another for it. We are weak in our duty, when we are cold and careless.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-15Nehemiah needed to see the walls himself to make strong plans for rebuilding and to gather the workers he needed. He secretly checked the walls at night to avoid being seen by his enemies. He only inspected the southern part of the city.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. I went out by night by the gate of the valley--that is, the Jaffa gate, near the tower of Hippicus. even before the dragon well--that is, fountain on the opposite side of the valley. and to the dung port--the gate on the east of the city, through which there ran a common sewer to the brook Kedron and the valley of Hinnom.Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 2:15

• Cedron
• Country
• Gihon
• Hezekiah
• Jerusalem
• Kidron
• Prudence

In the dictionaries

• Laugh
• Reproach
• Scorn
• Ezra-Nehemiah
• Hinnom, Valley of
• Jerusalem
• Kidron, the Brook

Commentaries on Nehemiah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings