The whole valley whereĭead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley on the east asįar as the corner of the Horse Gate, will be holy to the Lord. “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when this city will be rebuilt. Today there are many tombs and graves in the Kidron, since burying people here became a practice in the days of Josiah (2 Kings 23:6). Athaliah was executed here after her evil reign in Judah was brought to a violent end (2 Kings 11:16). Pagan altars with idols and Asherah poles (1 Kings 15:13). The Bible describes David fleeing across this valley and up the Mount of Olives to escape his son Absalom (2 Samuel 15:13-30). The Gihon Springs naturally filled this valley, but the settlers of Jerusalemĭiverted the water into pools and channels to be used by the city. The total length of the valley is 20 miles, and it falls 4,000 feet. The Kidron Valley runs north-south between the Mount of Olives and the eastern wall of the Temple Mount and the City of David. I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.Īnd I go out through the gate of the valley by night, and unto the front of the fountain of the dragon, and unto the gate of the dunghill, and I am measuring about the walls of Jerusalem, that are broken down, and its gates consumed with fire.Īnd I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the dragon's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. So I went out at night by the Valley Gate in the direction of the Dragon's Well and to the Refuse Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which were consumed by fire.Īnd I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.Īnd I went out by night, through the doorway of the valley, and past the dragon's water-spring as far as the place where waste material was put, viewing the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and the doorways which had been burned with fire.Īnd I went out by night by the valley-gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-gate and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were in ruins, and its gates were consumed with fire.Īnd I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon-well, and to the dung-port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and their gates were consumed with fire. King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan "And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire." Nehemiah 2:13 KJV Copy Print Similar VersesĪnd I went out by night, by the gate of the valley, euen before the dragon well, and to the doung-port, and viewed the walls of Ierusalem, which were broken downe, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. 16And 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. 15Then 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. 14Then 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. 13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. 12And 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. 11So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
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