SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:13
Y salí de noche por la puerta del Valle hacia la fuente del Dragón y a la puerta del Muladar; y consideré los muros de Jerusalén que estaban derribados, y sus puertas que estaban consumidas del fuego.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 2:13
Verse 13. The dragon well] Perhaps so called because of the representation of a dragon, out of whose mouth the stream issued that proceeded from the well. Dung port] This was the gate on the eastern side of the city, through which the filth of the city was carried into the valley of Hinnom.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 13. And I went out by night, by the gate of the valley , etc.] Where that formerly stood, for the gates had been burnt, and were not as yet rebuilt; this was the gate that led to the valley of Jehoshaphat, according to some; or rather to the valley of dead bodies, through which the brook Kidron ran, (see 2 Chronicles 26:9 Jeremiah 31:4) it is the gate through which Christ went to Calvary; it led to Shiloh, Bethhoron, and Golan: even before the dragon well ; so called from its winding about, just as a crooked winding river is called serpentine; though some think here stood an image of a dragon, either in wood, or stone, or brass, out of the mouth of which the water flowed from the well; and others, that since the desolations of Jerusalem, serpents or dragons had their abode here: and to the dung port ; by which they used to carry the dung out of the city, and by which they went to Joppa, the sea, and all the western parts: and viewed the walls of Jerusalem : in what condition they were, what was necessary to be wholly taken down, and where to begin to build: it must have been a moonlight night or he could not have taken a view; for to have carried torches or lamps with them would have discovered them: and the gates thereof were consumed with fire ; nothing of them remained.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-18 - When Nehemiah had considered the matter, he told the Jews that God ha put it into his heart to build the wall of Jerusalem. He does no undertake to do it without them. By stirring up ourselves and on another to that which is good, we strengthen ourselves and one anothe for it. We are weak in our duty, when we are cold and careless.
Original Hebrew
ואצאה 3318 בשׁער 8179 הגיא 1516 לילה 3915 ואל 413 פני 6440 עין 5869 התנין 8577 ואל 413 שׁער 8179 האשׁפת 830 ואהי 1961 שׂבר 7663 בחומת 2346 ירושׁלם 3389 אשׁר 834 המפרוצים 6555 ושׁעריה 8179 אכלו 398 באשׁ׃ 784
