Nehemiah:2:11-20
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So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days .
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And I rose up in the night ,
I and a few men with me .
And I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem .
And there was no animal with me except the animal that I rode on .
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And I went out by night by the Valley Gate ,
even before the Jackal Fountain ,
and to the Dung Gate .
And I examined the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down ,
and its gates which were burned with fire .
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Then I passed on to the Fountain Gate ,
and to the King '
s Pool .
But there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass .
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Then I went up in the night by the torrent ,
and examined the wall ,
and turned back ,
and entered by the Valley Gate ,
and returned .
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And the rulers did not know where I had gone ,
or what I was doing .
Nor had I told it yet to the Jews ,
or to the priests ,
or to the nobles ,
or to the rulers ,
or to the rest that did the work .
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Then I said to them ,
You see the evil that we are in ,
how Jerusalem is wasted ,
and its gates are burned with fire .
Come and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem ,
so that we may no longer be a reproach .
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Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me ,
and also the king '
s words that he had spoken to me .
And they said ,
Let us rise up and build .
So they made their hands strong for good .
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But when Sanballat the Horonite ,
and Tobiah the servant ,
the Ammonite ,
and Geshem the Arabian ,
heard ,
then they mocked us and despised us .
And they said ,
What is this that you are doing ?
Will you rebel against the king ?
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Then I answered them and said to them ,
The God of Heaven ,
He will prosper us ,
and we His servants will arise and build .
But you have no portion or right or memorial in Jerusalem .
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