Nehemiah 2:13

2:13 I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons 1  and the Dung Gate, 2  inspecting 3  the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.

Nehemiah 4:7

4:7 (4:1) 4  When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem 5  had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry.

1 tn Or “Well of the Serpents”; or “Well of the Jackals” (cf. ASV, NIV, NLT).

2 tn Or “Rubbish Gate” (so TEV); NASB “Refuse Gate”; NCV “Trash Gate”; CEV “Garbage Gate.”

3 tc For the MT reading שֹׂבֵר (sover, “inspecting”) the LXX erroneously has שֹׁבֵר (shover, “breaking”). However, further destruction of Jerusalem’s walls was obviously not a part of Nehemiah’s purpose.

4 sn Chapter 4 begins here in the Hebrew text (BHS). See the note at 4:1.

5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.