nkjv Nehemiah:2:11-20 SEEK
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So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days .
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Then I arose in the night ,
I and a few men with me ;
I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem ;
nor was there any animal with me ,
except the one on which I rode .
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And I went out by night through the Valley Gate to the Serpent Well and the Refuse Gate ,
and viewed the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which were burned with fire .
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Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King '
s Pool ,
but there was no room for the animal under me to pass .
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So I went up in the night by the valley ,
and viewed the wall ;
then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate ,
and so returned .
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And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I had done ;
I had not yet told the Jews ,
the priests ,
the nobles ,
the officials ,
or the others who did the work .
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Then I said to them , "
You see the distress that we are in ,
how Jerusalem lies waste ,
and its gates are burned with fire .
Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem ,
that we may no longer be a reproach ."
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And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me ,
and also of the king '
s words that he had spoken to me .
So they said , "
Let us rise up and build ."
Then they set their hands to this good work .
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But when Sanballat the Horonite ,
Tobiah the Ammonite official ,
and Geshem the Arab heard of it ,
they laughed at us and despised us ,
and said , "
What is this thing that you are doing ?
Will you rebel against the king ?"
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So I answered them ,
and said to them , "
The God of heaven Himself will prosper us ;
therefore we His servants will arise and build ,
but you have no heritage or right or memorial in Jerusalem ."