Discovery BoxNehemiah 2:13 
Context2:13 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 13:21
Context13:21 But I warned them and said, 4 “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!” 5 From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath. 6
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 tn The Hebrew text includes the words “to them,” but they have been excluded from the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Heb “I will send a hand on you.”
6 sn This statement contains a great deal of restrained humor. The author clearly takes pleasure in the effectiveness of the measures that he had enacted.
