Nehemiah 2:11-15 Modern English Version (MEV)

11. When I arrived in Jerusalem, I was there three days.

12. Then I arose in the night, I and a few men who were with me; I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me, except the one on which I rode.

13. So I went out by night by the Valley Gate toward the Dragon’s Well and then to the Dung Gate, because I was inspecting the ­broken-down walls of Jerusalem and its burned gates.

14. Next I passed by the Fountain Gate and then to the King’s Pool, but there was no place for my mount to pass.

15. By going up along the riverbed at night, I inspected the wall. Then I turned back so that I could enter by the Valley Gate, and then came back again.

Nehemiah 2