Then went I up in the night by the brook, and inspected the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.
- NKJV So I went up in the night by the valley, and viewed the wall; then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.
- NASB So I was going up at night by the ravine and inspecting the wall. Then I entered the Valley Gate again and returned.
- NLT So, though it was still dark, I went up the Kidron Valley instead, inspecting the wall before I turned back and entered again at the Valley Gate.
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- 2 Sam 15:23All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
- John 18:1When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
- Jer 31:38–40“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
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