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.
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Gill's Exposition
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did..... The rulers of the city of Jerusalem, who seem to be officers of the king of Persia, since they are distinguished from Jewish rulers in the…
Barnes' Notes
The brook - The Kidron watercourse, which skirted the city on the east. Turned back - i. e. he turned westward, and having made the circuit of the city, re-entered by the valley-gate.
Adam Clarke
By the brook - Kidron.
By the gate of the Valley - The valley through which the brook Kidron flowed. It was by this gate he went out; so he went all round the city, and entered by the same gate from…
We are here told,
I. Now Nehemiah was dismissed by the court he was sent from. The king appointed captains of the army and horsemen to go with him (Neh 2:9), both for his guard and to show that he was…
Cambridge Bible
Then went I up The tense in the original denotes the gradual progress.
by the brook i.e. the -nakhal" or -brook" (χείμαρρος) of Kedron. Leaving the ruined line of wall, he goes down to the hollow of…