Nehemiah 2:11

THE MESSAGE

And so I arrived in Jerusalem. After I had been there three days, I got up in the middle of the night, I and a few men who were with me. I hadn't told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with us was the one I was riding.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After I arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,

Hebrew Names Version
So I came to Yerushalayim, and was there three days.

King James Version
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

English Standard Version
So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days.

New Century Version
I went to Jerusalem and stayed there three days.

New English Translation
So I came to Jerusalem. When I had been there for three days,

Amplified Bible
So I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days.

New American Standard Bible
So I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days.

World English Bible
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So I came to Ierusalem, & was there three dayes.

Legacy Standard Bible
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

Berean Standard Bible
After I arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,

Contemporary English Version
Three days after arriving in Jerusalem,

Complete Jewish Bible
So I reached Yerushalayim. After I had been there for three days,

Darby Translation
And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

Easy-to-Read Version
I went to Jerusalem and stayed there three days. Then at night I started out with a few men. I had not said anything to anyone about what my God had put on my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no horses with me except the horse I was riding.

George Lamsa Translation
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

Good News Translation
I went on to Jerusalem, and for three days

Lexham English Bible
I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days.

Literal Translation
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan I came to Ierusalem, & had bene there thre daies,

American Standard Version
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

Bible in Basic English
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I came to Hierusalem, and was there three dayes,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

King James Version (1611)
So I came to Ierusalem, and was there three dayes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

English Revised Version
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y cam in to Jerusalem, and Y was there thre daies.

Update Bible Version
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

Webster's Bible Translation
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

New King James Version
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

New Living Translation
So I arrived in Jerusalem. Three days later,

New Life Bible
I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days.

New Revised Standard
So I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So I entered Jerusalem, - and was there three days.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

Revised Standard Version
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

Young's Literal Translation
And I come in unto Jerusalem, and I am there three days,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

Contextual Overview

⁹ It was the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king. At the hour for serving wine I brought it in and gave it to the king. I had never been hangdog in his presence before, so he asked me, "Why the long face? You're not sick are you? Or are you depressed?" That made me all the more agitated. I said, "Long live the king! And why shouldn't I be depressed when the city, the city where all my family is buried, is in ruins and the city gates have been reduced to cinders?" The king then asked me, "So what do you want?" Praying under my breath to the God-of-Heaven, I said, "If it please the king, and if the king thinks well of me, send me to Judah, to the city where my family is buried, so that I can rebuild it." The king, with the queen sitting alongside him, said, "How long will your work take and when would you expect to return?" I gave him a time, and the king gave his approval to send me. Then I said, "If it please the king, provide me with letters to the governors across the Euphrates that authorize my travel through to Judah; and also an order to Asaph, keeper of the king's forest, to supply me with timber for the beams of The Temple fortress, the wall of the city, and the house where I'll be living." The generous hand of my God was with me in this and the king gave them to me. When I met the governors across The River (the Euphrates) I showed them the king's letters. The king even sent along a cavalry escort. ¹⁰ When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very upset, angry that anyone would come to look after the interests of the People of Israel. ¹¹And so I arrived in Jerusalem. After I had been there three days, I got up in the middle of the night, I and a few men who were with me. I hadn't told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with us was the one I was riding. ¹³Under cover of night I went past the Valley Gate toward the Dragon's Fountain to the Dung Gate looking over the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken through and whose gates had been burned up. I then crossed to the Fountain Gate and headed for the King's Pool but there wasn't enough room for the donkey I was riding to get through. So I went up the valley in the dark continuing my inspection of the wall. I came back in through the Valley Gate. The local officials had no idea where I'd gone or what I was doing—I hadn't breathed a word to the Jews, priests, nobles, local officials, or anyone else who would be working on the job. ¹⁷Then I gave them my report: "Face it: we're in a bad way here. Jerusalem is a wreck; its gates are burned up. Come—let's build the wall of Jerusalem and not live with this disgrace any longer." I told them how God was supporting me and how the king was backing me up. They said, "We're with you. Let's get started." They rolled up their sleeves, ready for the good work. ¹⁹ When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they laughed at us, mocking, "Ha! What do you think you're doing? Do you think you can cross the king?" ²⁰ I shot back, "The God-of-Heaven will make sure we succeed. We're his servants and we're going to work, rebuilding. You can keep your nose out of it. You get no say in this—Jerusalem's none of your business!"

Bible Verse Review
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Ezra 8:32

Cross-References

Genesis 10:7
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba, Dedan.

1 Samuel 15:7
Then Saul went after Amalek, from the canyon all the way to Shur near the Egyptian border. He captured Agag, king of Amalek, alive. Everyone else was killed under the terms of the holy ban. Saul and the army made an exception for Agag, and for the choice sheep and cattle. They didn't include them under the terms of the holy ban. But all the rest, which nobody wanted anyway, they destroyed as decreed by the holy ban.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. Before he entered on any business, resting himself from the fatigue of the journey, and receiving the visits of his friends, as Ezra before him did, Ezra 8:32.