Nehemiah 2:15

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and I am going up through the brook by night, and am measuring about the wall, and turn back, and come in through the gate of the valley, and turn back.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Nehemiah 2:15 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 15:23Everyone 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.
  2. 2 Chronicles 26:9Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
  3. Nehemiah 3:13The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
  4. Jeremiah 31:38“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
  5. John 18:1After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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