Nehemiah 2:12

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
arose	וָאָק֣וּם va.'a.Kum	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
night	לַ֗יְלָה Lay.lah	H3915	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
some	מְעַט֮ me.'At	H4592	a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
few	מְעַט mᵉʻaṭ	H4592	a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
men	וַאֲנָשִׁ֣ים va.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
told	הִגַּ֣דְתִּי hi.Gad.ti	H5046	properly · verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person common singular
man	לְאָדָ֔ם le.'a.Dam	H120	ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
God	אֱלֹהַי֙ 'e.lo.Hai	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
put	נֹתֵ֣ן no.Ten	H5414	to give · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
heart	לִבִּ֔י li.Bi	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
do	לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Jerusalem	לִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם li.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · preposition + proper noun, a place name
beast	וּבְהֵמָה֙ u.ve.he.Mah	H929	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
beast	הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה ha.be.he.Mah	H929	properly · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
upon	רֹכֵ֥ב ro.Khev	H7392	to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle) · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is…
Revelation 17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fu…
Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inwar…
2 Corinthians 8:16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
Jeremiah 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hea…
Judges 6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, an…
Judges 9:32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
Psalms 51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 2:9–end

We are here told, I. Now Nehemiah was dismissed by the court he was sent from. The king appointed captains of the army and horsemen to go with him (Neh 2:9), both for his guard and to show that he was a man whom the king did delight to honour, that all the king's servants might respect him accordingly. Those whom the King of kings sends he thus protects, he thus dignifies with a host of angels to attend them. II. How he was received by the country he was sent to. 1. By the Jews and their friends at Jerusalem. We are told, (1.) That while he concealed his errand they took little notice of him. He was at Jerusalem three days (Neh 2:11), and it does not appear that any of the great men of the c…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 2:11

So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days--Deeply affected with the desolations of Jerusalem, and uncertain what course to follow, he remained three days before informing any one of the object of his mission [Neh 2:17-18]. At the end of the third day, accompanied with a few attendants, he made, under covert of night, a secret survey of the walls and gates [Neh 2:13-15].

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 2:10

Sanballat the Horonite - Probably a native of Horonaim, a Moabite by birth, and at this time governor of the Samaritans under the king of Persia. Tobiah the servant - He was an Ammonite; and here, under the Persian king, joint governor with Sanballat. Some suppose that the Sanballat here mentioned was the same who persuaded Alexander to build a temple on Mount Gerizim in favor of the Samaritans. Pelagius thinks there were two governors of this name.

John Gill on Nehemiah 2:12

And I arose in the might, I and some few men with me,.... Both the season of the night, and the small number of men to accompany him, were chosen for greater secrecy, that the business he came upon might not as yet be known, and so no schemes formed to obstruct or discourage: neither told I any man what God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem; he was satisfied that what he had in view was from the Lord, who had stirred him up to it, but thought it prudent for the present to conceal it, until things were prepared to put it in execution: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon; he only rode perhaps on a mule, being not yet recovered quite from the fatigue of h…

Dictionary and topics

Country · LOVE OF — LOVE OF
Prudence · Exemplified: Nehemiah — Exemplified: Nehemiah
Sciences · Surveying — Surveying
Walls · Of cities: Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief — Of cities: Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Nehemiah 2:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 2:9–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 2:11

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 2:10

John Gill on Nehemiah 2:12

Dictionary and topics

Nehemiah 2:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 2:9–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 2:11

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 2:10

John Gill on Nehemiah 2:12

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 2:11-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 2:12-15

Rashi on Nehemiah 2:12