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Nehemiah 2:16

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And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

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  1. Nehemiah 2:14

    Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

  2. Nehemiah 2:15

    Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

  3. Nehemiah 2:17

    Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

  4. Nehemiah 2:18

    Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

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