Nehemiah 2:11-16

International Standard Version

¹¹ I arrived in Jerusalem and remained there for three days. ¹² Then I got up at night, along with a few men with me. I had not confided to any person what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. Furthermore, there was no other animal with me except for the one I was riding.

¹³ So I went out during the night through the Valley Gate toward Dragon’s^[a] Well, and from there to the Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and burned by fire. ¹⁴ I proceeded to the Fountain Gate, and then to the King’s Pool, but there wasn’t sufficient clearance for the animal I was riding^[b] to pass. ¹⁵ I traveled the valley by night to inspect the wall, returning through the Valley Gate. ¹⁶ The local officials did not know where I had gone or what I had done—I informed neither the Judeans, nor the priests, nor the nobles, nor the officials, nor any of the rest who would be doing the work.