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Nehemiah
Nehemiah says he went out by night to view the walls and did not tell anyone what God had put into his heart to do for Jerusalem Nehemiah 2:12–16. The survey describes the damage and his careful planning before speaking publicly.
12I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.
13I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal`s well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates of it were consumed with fire.
14Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king`s pool: but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
16The rulers didn`t know where I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.