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Nehemiah 2:13

by night. Could Nehemiah have gone thus secretly if Ezra had 42,360 Jews there? And what need for it? Nehemiah had only. few men, and was in the midst of enemies.

the gate. Note the twelve gates (corresponding with the twelve gates of Revelation 21:21). See App-59.

port. gate.

viewed. kept peering into.

which were, &c. Hebrew text so written; but to be read, with some codices and three early printed editions, "how they were broken down".

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See also Nehemiah 2:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Nehemiah 2:13. _THE DRAGON WELL_] Perhaps so called because of the representation of a dragon, out of whose mouth the stream issued that proceeded from the well. _DUNG PORT_] This was the gate...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE GATE OF THE VALLEY - A gate opening on the valley of Hinnom, which skirted Jerusalem to the west and south. The exact position is uncertain; as is also that of “the dragon well.” THE DUNG PORT -...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The King's question (Nehemiah 2:1)_ 2. The King's permission (Nehemiah 2:3) 3. The arrival in Jerusalem and the night-ride (Nehemiah 2:9) 4. The resolution to build the wall ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    NEHEMIAH ARRIVES IN JERUSALEM AND SURVEYS THE WALLS. Nehemiah 2:9. The account of the journey is omitted, interest being centred upon what Nehemiah was going to do in Jerusalem. THE GOVERNORS BEYOND T...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Nehemiah's tour of inspection [1] [1] The Topography of the Walls of Jerusalem, in pre-Maccabean times, remains in great obscurity. The places mentioned in Nehemiah 2:13-15; Nehemiah 2:3; Nehemiah 12...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _b_ 73 _a_. The Register of those who returned with Zerubbabel = Ezra 2:1-70 _a register of the genealogy_ R.V. THE BOOK. _of them which came up at the first_ The only natural explanation of these wo...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Nehemiah 2:11 to Nehemiah 7:5. The Commission performed Nehemiah 2:11-20. The Work undertaken The incidents of this passage may be grouped as follows: (_a_) 11. Nehemiah's arrival: (_b_) 12

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _by the gate of the valley_ R.V. BY THE VALLEY GATE. The R.V. rendering is preferable, showing that Nehemiah is not merely defining the position of the gate but is referring to it by its recognised na...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. On his arrival, he secretly inspects the city's walls. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 2:11-20 11 So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did no...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND I WENT OUT BY NIGHT BY THE GATE OF THE VALLEY, EVEN BEFORE THE DRAGON WELL, AND TO THE DUNG PORT, AND VIEWED THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM, WHICH WERE BROKEN DOWN, AND THE GATES THEREOF WERE CONSUMED WI...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    2:13 valley-gate, (b-9) Gate of the valley or ravine [of Hinnom]....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    VIEWED THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM] The topography of ancient Jerusalem is too obscure to admit of the various parts of its walls being identified with certainty, but 'the valley gate' from which Nehemiah...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    NEHEMIAH'S RESOLVE TO REBUILD JERUSALEM This chapter gives an account of Nehemiah's request for leave to rebuild Jerusalem, his arrival there, and his survey of the ruined walls, which it was decided...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Nehemiah wanted to build the city walls as quickly as possible. But there was much to do. He would have to work hard. So he rested for three days after his long journey. God had given him the desire t...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (12-18) Nehemiah’s cautious preliminaries....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE GATE OF THE VALLEY, opening on Hinnom, to the south of the city. Nehemiah passed by “the dragon well,” nowhere else mentioned, and not now to be traced, and surveyed the ruins from the “dung port,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וָ אֵצְאָ֨ה בְ שַֽׁעַר ־הַ גַּ֜יא לַ֗יְלָה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE MIDNIGHT RIDE Nehemiah 2:9 NEHEMIAH'S journey up to Jerusalem differed in many respects from Ezra's great expedition, with a host of emigrants, rich stores, and all the accompaniments of a large...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BRAVING RIDICULE AND TREACHERY Nehemiah 2:12; Nehemiah 4:1 _ Suspicion_, Nehemiah 2:12. Sanballat was probably a Moabite, a native of Horonaim; Tobiah had been a slave. There are many descendants of...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Nehemiah's sadness could not wholly be hidden. He had not been habitually a sad man, as he himself declares; but the sorrow of his nation manifested itself as he stood before the king. It has been sug...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Valley of Cedron, on the east, (Calmet) or west, near Calvary. (Menochius) (Tirinus) --- Dragon. Hebrew Tannin, or "great fish," which might be kept there, unless the fountain was famous for the appea...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (11) So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. (12) And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    Facing the Challenge I. INTRODUCTION A. As we have said before, when faced with building or re-building the spiritual walls in our life, our home or our neighborhood, we have 2 choices: 1. We can i...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6. The time in which Nehemiah laboured for the good of his people was not one of those brilliant phases which, if faith be there, awaken even...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed wi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I went out by night_ The footmen who accompanied him directing and leading him in the way. His design was to go around the city, to observe the compass and condition of the walls and gates, that he m...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Artaxerxes vnderstanding the cause of Nehemiahs sadnesse, sendeth him with letters and commission to Ierusalem. 9 Nehemiah, to the griefe of the enemies, commeth to Ierusalem. 12 Hee vieweth secre...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    NEHEMIAH ARRIVES AT JERUSALEM...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    This exercise of Nehemiah continued for four months following the information he received, and finally came to a head in the month Nisan (corresponding to March or April), when Nehemiah was serving wi...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I WENT OUT BY NIGHT; the footmen which accompanied him directing and leading him in the way. his design was to go round about the city, to observe the compass and condition of the walls and gates, tha...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Nehemiah 2:13 out H3318 (H8799) night H3915 Valley H1516 Gate H8179 to H6440 Serpent H8577 Well H5869 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    NEHEMIAH SECRETLY INSPECTS THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM AND THE DECISION IS MADE TO REBUILD THEM (NEHEMIAH 2:11). Having arrived safely in Jerusalem Nehemiah rested, prior to a secret surveillance of the co...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    EXPLANATORY NOTES.] NEHEMIAH 2:1. NISAN] Called Abib in Exodus 13:4, first month in Hebrew national year. Corresponds to parts of our March and April. NEHEMIAH 2:3. LET THE KING LIVE FOR EVER] (Heb....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION NEHEMIAH'S JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM (Nehemiah 3:9). On his way to Jerusalem, Nehemiah would pass through the provinces of various Persian satraps and governors. To those beyond the Euphrates he...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    "You've never been sad in my presence before, what's wrong with you?" And so Nehemiah opened up his heart. Actually, the king had asked him a question and the king discerned. He said, "It's obviously...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 26:9; Jeremiah 5:10; Nehemiah 12:31; Nehemiah 3:13;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I went — The footmen who accompanied him directing and leading him in the way. His design was to go round the city, to observe the compass and condition of the walls and gates, that he might make suff...

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