Bible Verses

The counselors did not know where I had been or what I had been doing. Until that time, I had not yet told any of the Jews, the counselors, the priests, the nobles, or any of those in public office.

So I went up at night by the ravine. I inspected the wall and turned back, entering by the Valley Gate.So I returned to the house.

I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Reservoir, but my horse could not pass through anywhere.

I went out by night by the Gate of the Garbage Dump and inspected the ruined wall of Jerusalem and the burned gates.

Then I arose in the night, accompanied by a few men, without telling anyone what my God had inspired me to do and what I planned to do in Jerusalem. Bringing along only the horse on which I rode,

I came to Jerusalem and stayed there for three days.

But Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah, the Ammonite officer, came to know of my arrival, and it displeased them that someone had come to help the Israelites.

I went to the governors on the other side of the River and delivered the king’s letters to them. The king had ordered that army officers and horsemen accompany me.

and also a letter to Asaph, the caretaker of the king’s forest, for I will need wood for the gates of the citadel near the temple, for the walls of the city and for the house where I shall live.”The good hand of God supported me so that the king could give me what I

And I said to the king: “If it pleases the king, may you give me letters for the governors of the province at the other side of the River that I may travel to Judah;