Nehemiah 2:13
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
Cross-references
In Nehemiah 2:3, Nehemiah told the king the gates were destroyed; here he inspects those same gates.
In Nehemiah 2:15, the night inspection continues, describing the same route from valley gate and wadi.
Nehemiah 2:17 recounts his speech after this inspection, referring to the same broken gates he just examined.
Nehemiah 1:3 reports the gates destroyed by fire—this verse shows Nehemiah verifying that report firsthand.
Nehemiah 3:13 records the repair of the valley gate and dung gate—the very gates Nehemiah inspected here.
Nehemiah 3:14 shows the dung gate being repaired, fulfilling the condition Nehemiah saw here.
Nehemiah 12:31 mentions the Dung Gate in the dedication procession, a later reference to this same gate.
2 Chronicles 26:9 notes that Uzziah fortified the Valley Gate—the same gate Nehemiah later finds broken.