And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me but I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem and there was no beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon.

And next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.

And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.

My God, remember Tobijah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear.

Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobijah sent letters to put me in fear.

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, for registration by genealogy. And I found a genealogical register of those that had come up at the first, and I found written in it: