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So I went out at night by athe Valley Gate in the direction of the Dragon's Well and on to the Refuse Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem bwhich were broken down and its cgates which were consumed by fire.
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Nehemiah 2:3, Nehemiah 2:17
Nehemiah 2
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I said to the king, "aLet the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad bwhen the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?"
Nehemiah 2
17
Then I said to them, "You see the bad situation we are in, that aJerusalem is desolate and its gates burned by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no longer be a reproach."