Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 2:11-20
2:11-7:73 REBUILDING THE CITY WALLThe plan of work followed (2:11-3:32)Rebuilding the broken-down wall was going to mean much hard work. In fact, the task was so huge that some may have said it could not be done. Therefore, before announcing his plans, Nehemiah made a secret survey himself so that he would know exactly how much work was to be done and the amount of materials that would be required (11-16). This first-hand knowledge, together with his account of how God had guided all the events... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 2:14-16
Nehemiah 2:14-16. I went on to the gate of the fountain That is, which led to the fountain, to wit, of Siloah or Gihon. And to the king’s pool That which King Hezekiah had made, of which see 2 Chronicles 32:3-30. But there was no place for the beast, &c. The way being obstructed with heaps of rubbish. Then went I up by the brook Of Kidron, of which see on 2 Samuel 15:23. And so returned Having gone around about the city. Nor to the rest that did the work Or were to do it, that... read more