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

13After dark I went out through the Valley Gate, past the Jackal’s Well, and over to the Dung Gate to inspect the broken walls and burned gates. 14Then I went to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but my donkey couldn’t get through the rubble. So, though it was still dark, I went up the Kidron Valley instead, inspecting the wall before I turned back and entered again at the Valley Gate. 16The city officials did not know I had been out there or what I was doing, for I had not yet said anything to anyone about my plans. I had not yet spoken to the Jewish leaders—the priests, the nobles, the officials, or anyone else in the administration. 17But now I said to them, “You know very well what trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire. Let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and end this disgrace!”

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 15:23Everyone cried loudly as the king and his followers passed by. They crossed the Kidron Valley and then went out toward the wilderness.
• Jeremiah 31:38“The day is coming,” says the Lord, “when all Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me, from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
• John 18:1After saying these things, Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley with his disciples and entered a grove of olive trees.
• Nehemiah 2:13After dark I went out through the Valley Gate, past the Jackal’s Well, and over to the Dung Gate to inspect the broken walls and burned 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
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• Jerusalem
• Kidron
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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