Nehemiah 2:11-16

English Standard Version

^11 (A)So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days. ¹² Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode. ¹³ I went out by night by ^(B)the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to ^(C)the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem ^(D)that were broken down ^(E)and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. ¹⁴ Then I went on to ^(F)the Fountain Gate and to ^(G)the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass. ¹⁵ Then I went up in the night ^(H)by the valley and inspected the wall, and 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 was doing, and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who were to do the work.