Nehemiah 2:8-16

8And a letterH107 to AsaphH623 the keeperH8104 of the king’sH4428 forestH6508, that he may giveH5414 me timberH6086 to make beamsH7136 for the gatesH8179 of the palaceH1002 which is near to the houseH1004, and for the wallH2346 of the cityH5892, and for the houseH1004 that I shall enterH935. And the kingH4428 grantedH5414 me, according to the goodH2896 handH3027 of my GodH430 upon me.

9Then I cameH935 to the governorsH6346 beyondH5676 the riverH5104, and gaveH5414 them the king’sH4428 lettersH107. Now the kingH4428 had sentH7971 captainsH8269 of the armyH2428 and horsemenH6571 with me. 10When SanballatH5571 the HoroniteH2772, and TobiahH2900 the servantH5650, the AmmoniteH5984, heardH8085 of it, it grievedH3415 them exceedinglyH7451H1419 that there had comeH935 a manH120 to seekH1245 the welfareH2896 of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478. 11So I cameH935 to JerusalemH3389, and was there threeH7969 daysH3117. 12And I aroseH6965 in the nightH3915, I and someH4592 fewH4592 menH582 with me; neither toldH5046 I any manH120 what my GodH430 had putH5414 in my heartH3820 to doH6213 at JerusalemH3389: neither was there any beastH929 with me, except the beastH929 that I rode uponH7392. 13And I went outH3318 by nightH3915 by the gateH8179 of the valleyH1516, even beforeH6440 the dragonH8577 wellH5869H5886, and to the dungH830 portH8179, and viewedH7663H7665 the wallsH2346 of JerusalemH3389, which were broken downH6555, and their gatesH8179 were consumedH398 with fireH784. 14Then I went onH5674 to the gateH8179 of the fountainH5869, and to the king’sH4428 poolH1295: but there was no placeH4725 for the beastH929 that was under me to passH5674. 15Then I went upH5927 in the nightH3915 by the brookH5158, and viewedH7663H7665 the wallH2346, and turned backH7725, and enteredH935 by the gateH8179 of the valleyH1516, and so returnedH7725. 16And the rulersH5461 knewH3045 not where I wentH1980, or what I didH6213; neither had I as yetH3651 toldH5046 it to the JewsH3064, nor to the priestsH3548, nor to the noblesH2715, nor to the rulersH5461, nor to the restH3499 that didH6213 the workH4399.