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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.
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The Diligence of a Leader
Commentators emphasize that Nehemiah's nighttime journey was a thorough and personal assessment of the problem. He traced the path along the Kidron brook to view the wall's condition firsthand. This act of "cautious preliminaries," as one scholar puts it, demonstrates the wisdom of not acting on hearsay but on direct observation before undertaking a great work for God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The brook - The Kidron watercourse, which skirted the city on the east.
Turned back - that is, he turned westward, and having …
19th Century
Anglican
By the gate of the valley, and so returned. —The inspection seems to have completed the circuit of the walls.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then went I up in the night by the brook The brook Kidron:
and viewed the wall ;
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When Nehemiah had considered the matter, he told the Jews that God had put it into his heart to build the wall of Jerusalem. He does not undertake …
