bes Nehemiah:2:11-20
bes@Nehemiah:2:11 @ So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
bes@Nehemiah:2:12 @ And I rose up by night, I and a few men with me; and I told no man what God put into my heart to do with Israel; and there was no beast with me, except the beast which I rode upon.
bes@Nehemiah:2:13 @ And I went forth by the gate (note:)The Gr. is a compound of two Hebrew words(:note) of the valley by night, and to the mouth of the well of The LXX appear to have read Mynat «figs,’ for Mynt «dragons’ fig trees, and to the dung-gate: and I mourned over the wall of Jerusalem which they were destroying, and her gates were devoured with fire.
bes@Nehemiah:2:14 @ And I passed on to the fountain gate, and to the king’s pool; and there was no room for the beast to pass under me.
bes@Nehemiah:2:15 @ And I went up by the wall of the brook by night, and mourned over the wall, and passed through the gate of the valley, and returned.
bes@Nehemiah:2:16 @ And the sentinels knew not why I went, nor what I was doing; and until that time I told it not to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the captains, or to the rest of the men who wrought the works.
bes@Nehemiah:2:17 @ Then I said to them, Ye see this evil, in which we are, how Jerusalem is desolate, and her gates have been set on fire: come, and let us build throughout the wall of Jerusalem, and we shall be no longer a reproach.
bes@Nehemiah:2:18 @ And I told them of the hand of God which (note:)Gr. is(:note) was good upon me, also about the words of the king which he spoke to me: and I said, Let us arise and build. And their hands were strengthened for the good work.
bes@Nehemiah:2:19 @ And Sanaballat the Aronite, and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and Gesam the Arabian, heard it, and they laughed us to scorn, and came to us, and said, What is this thing that ye are doing? are ye revolting against the king?
bes@Nehemiah:2:20 @ And I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he shall prosper us, and we his servants are pure, and we will build: but ye have no part, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
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