9 I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and I gave them the letters of the king. Then the king sent troop commanders and horses with me.
10 But when Sanballat the Horonite and the Ammonite servant Tobiah heard this, they were greatly displeased that a person had come to seek the welfare of the Israelites.
11 I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days.
12 I got up during the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anybody what my God put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. No animal was with me except the animal that I was riding on.
13 I went out during the night at the gate of the valley by the Dragon spring and to the Dung Gate. And I examined the walls in Jerusalem and its gates that had been destroyed by the fire.
14 I crossed over to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but there was no place for my mount to cross over.
15 So I went up by the valley during the night and was examining the wall. Then I returned and came to the Valley Gate and returned.