Nehemiah 2:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 2:12-20

The way to view and repair ruined fortunes. I. The way to VIEW ruined fortunes. "And viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down" ( Nehemiah 2:13 ). There are broken fortunes in the Church, in business, and in the home; let us see how we are to regard them. 1. Thoughtfully. Nehemiah made a careful inspection of the ruined city. 2. Religiously. "What God hath put in my heart to do at Jerusalem" (verse 12). 3. Conscientiously. "Which were broken down, and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 2:13

The valley gate . A gate on the western or south-western side of Jerusalem, opening towards the valley of Hinnom. There are no means of fixing its exact position. It was one of those which Uzziah fortified ( 2 Chronicles 26:9 ). The dragon well . Dean Stanley suggests that "the dragon well" is the spring known generally as "the pool of Siloam," and that the legend, which describes the intermittent flow of the Siloam water as produced by the opening and closing of a dragon s mouth, had... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 2:13

The gate of the valley - A gate opening on the valley of Hinnom, which skirted Jerusalem to the west and south. The exact position is uncertain; as is also that of “the dragon well.”The dung port - The gate by which offal and excrements were conveyed out of the city, and placed eastward of the valley-gate. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 2:12

Nehemiah 2:12. I arose in the night Concealing both his intentions and actions as far and as long as he could, as knowing that the life of his business lay in secrecy and expedition. Neither was there any beast with me, &c. To prevent noise, and that no notice might be taken of what he did. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 2:13

Nehemiah 2:13. I went out by night The footmen who accompanied him directing and leading him in the way. His design was to go around the city, to observe the compass and condition of the walls and gates, that he might make sufficient provisions for the work. By the gate of the valley Of which see Nehemiah 3:13. Even before the dragon-well A fountain of water so called, either from some figure of a dragon or serpent which was by it, or from some living dragon which had taken up its abode... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 2:12

at Jerusalem: or, for Jerusalem. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 2:13

by night. Could Nehemiah have gone thus secretly if Ezra had 42,360 Jews there? And what need for it? Nehemiah had only a few men, and was in the midst of enemies. the gate. Note the twelve gates (corresponding with the twelve gates of Revelation 21:21 ). See App-59 . port = gate. viewed = kept peering into. which were, &c. Hebrew text so written; but to be read, with some codices and three early printed editions, "how they were broken down". read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 2:13

13-15. I went out by night by the gate of the valley—that is, the Jaffa gate, near the tower of Hippicus. even before the dragon well—that is, fountain on the opposite side of the valley. and to the dung port—the gate on the east of the city, through which there ran a common sewer to the brook Kedron and the valley of Hinnom. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nehemiah 2:9-20

4. The return to Jerusalem 2:9-20Because of the opposition of the Jews’ neighbors, Artaxerxes sent a military escort to accompany Nehemiah to Jerusalem (Nehemiah 2:9). It is not certain how many Jews traveled with Nehemiah on this occasion. The writer gave us no numbers.Sanballat may have originated in Horonaim in Moab, but he seems more likely to have come from one of the Beth-horons (Upper or Lower) located just a few miles northwest of Jerusalem (cf. Joshua 10:10-11). [Note: H. H. Rowley,... read more

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