10 When (A)Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite [a]official heard about it, it was very displeasing to them that someone had come to seek the welfare of the sons of Israel.

Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem’s Walls

11 So I (B)came to Jerusalem and was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting into my [b]mind to do for Jerusalem and there was no animal with me except the animal on which I was riding.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 2:10 Lit servant
  2. Nehemiah 2:12 Lit heart