Ezra 8:23 “So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our req…”

Ezra 8:23

So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

World English Bible

So we fasted and begged our God for this, and he granted our request.

American Standard Version

So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

Geneva Bible 1599

So we fasted, aud besought our God for this: and he was intreated of vs.

Darby Translation

And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.

Young's Literal Translation

And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us.

Bible in Basic English

So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.

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Cross references

“we fasted”

Esther 4:16 Daniel 9:3 Nehemiah 9:1 Luke 2:37 Acts 10:30

Esther 4:16 · BSB

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is ag…

Daniel 9:3 · BSB

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Nehemiah 9:1 · BSB

On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.

Luke 2:37 · BSB

and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

Acts 10:30 · BSB

Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me

“besought”

Jeremiah 33:3 Jeremiah 29:12 Jeremiah 29:13 Jeremiah 50:4 Jeremiah 50:5

Jeremiah 33:3 · BSB

Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Jeremiah 29:12 · BSB

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 29:13 · BSB

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 50:4 · BSB

“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 50:5 · BSB

They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

“and he was intreated”

Ezra 8:31 Deuteronomy 4:29 1 Chronicles 5:20 Isaiah 19:22 Psalm 66:18–20 2 Chronicles 33:12

Ezra 8:31 · BSB

On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.

Deuteronomy 4:29 · BSB

But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

1 Chronicles 5:20 · BSB

And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.

Isaiah 19:22 · BSB

And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.

Psalm 66:18–20 · BSB

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

2 Chronicles 33:12 · BSB

And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”

24Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,

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