Nehemiah 2:15 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then I went up during the night along the stream, and I examined the wall. I turned around and came back through the Valley Gate, and that's how I returned.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Nehemiah secretly surveyed Jerusalem's broken walls at night to assess what needed to be rebuilt.

📚 Historical Context

This takes place around 445 BC when Nehemiah, cupbearer to the Persian king, had returned to Jerusalem after hearing about the city's ruined condition. He was conducting a nighttime reconnaissance mission to privately assess the extent of damage to Jerusalem's walls before announcing his rebuilding plans to the people. The walls had been destroyed by the Babylonians about 140 years earlier, and previous attempts at rebuilding had been unsuccessful.

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