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Nehemiah 2:15

Gate of the Valley

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.

14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;

so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.

16 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.

17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

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BSB
so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.
KJV
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
WEB
Then I went up in the night by the brook and inspected the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
ASV
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
DARBY
And I went up in the night through the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate and returned.
BLB
And I went up by the valley by night, and I was inspecting the wall, and I turned back and came in through the Gate of the Valley, and I returned.
ÅB
Så dro jeg opp i dalen om natten og så på muren og gikk inn igjen gjennom Dalporten og vendte så tilbake igjen.
OTB
Så fortsatte jeg opp dalen om natten, inspiserte muren. Til slutt vendte jeg tilbake og gikk inn igjen gjennom Dalporten.
B1930
Så drog jeg op i dalen om natten og så på muren og gikk atter inn gjennem Dalporten og vendte så tilbake igjen.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 15:23

    Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.

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  • Jeremiah 31:38–40

    “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

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  • John 18:1

    After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.

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