Nehemiah 2:11-16

Evangelical Heritage Version

Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem’s Wall

¹¹ So I arrived at Jerusalem and was there for three days. ¹² At that time I got up in the middle of the night with a few men. I had not told anyone what God had placed into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me except the animal on which I was riding. ¹³ At night I went out through the Valley Gate and went toward the vicinity of the Jackal Well^[a] and the Dung Gate. I began inspecting the walls of Jerusalem, which had been breached, and its gates, which had been consumed by fire. ¹⁴ Then I crossed over to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but there was no place for the animal that I was riding to get through. ¹⁵ So I kept going up the valley and inspecting the wall during the night. Then I turned around and went back the same way and came in through the Valley Gate.

¹⁶ The officials did not know where I had gone and what I was doing. I had not yet told the Jews—the priests, the nobles, the officials, or the rest of the people who would be doing the work.