Nehemiah 2:11
9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
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 there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
13 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 with 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
And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
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