Nehemiah 2:11
9 Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
10 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,
12 I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
13 So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,
- KJV
- So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
- WEB
- So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
- ASV
- So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
- DARBY
- And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
- BLB
- And I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.
- ÅB
- Da jeg så kom til Jerusalem og hadde vært der i tre dager,
- OTB
- Ved min ankomst i Jerusalem, ble jeg der i tre hele dager.
- B1930
- Da jeg så kom til Jerusalem og hadde vært der i tre dager,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezra 8:32
So we arrived at Jerusalem and rested there for three days.
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