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10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official[a] heard about this, they were very upset that a man had come to seek the welfare of the Israelites.

Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem’s Wall

11 So I arrived at Jerusalem and was there for three days. 12 At that time I got up in the middle of the night with a few men. I had not told anyone what God had placed into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me except the animal on which I was riding.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 2:10 Literally servant. The Hebrew term here refers to a government official of secondary rank.