Ezra 8:23
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
Context
This verse from Ezra Chapter 8 connects to 10 cross-references. Ezra lists the heads of families and their men who journey with him from Babylon to Jerusalem—about 1,500 men plus women and children. He calls a fast by the river Ahava seeking God's protection for the journey, since he is …
Other Translations
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.
And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us.
So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.
Cross References
But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with …
And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: …
And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of …
And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem …
Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: …
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with …
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor …
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
And the Lord shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord, …