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

13By night I went out by the Valley Gate toward Jackal Spring and the Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire. 14Then I moved on to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me; so I went up the valley by night, examining the wall. Finally, I turned back and returned to the Valley Gate. 16The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, but as yet I had not told the Jews, the kohanim, the nobles, the officials or the rest of the workers. 17Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation we are in: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates have been burnt. Come! Let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no longer be a 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 15:23While all the country was weeping with a loud voice, all the people were crossing over as the king was crossing over Kidron Valley. So all the people crossed over toward the road of the wilderness.
• Jeremiah 31:38The measuring line will go out farther, straight to the Gareb Hill, then turn to Goah.
• John 18:1When Yeshua had said these things, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered.
• Nehemiah 2:13By night I went out by the Valley Gate toward Jackal Spring and the Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire.

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