Ezra 8:23

21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

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

24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:

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Sammenlign

ÅB
Så fastet vi og ba vår Gud om hjelp, og han bønnhørte oss.
OTB
Så vi fastet og bønnfalt vår Gud om dette, og Han lyttet til vår bønn.
B1930
Så fastet vi og bad vår Gud om hjelp, og han bønnhørte oss.
BSB
So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.
KJV
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
WEB
So we fasted and begged our God for this, and he granted our request.
ASV
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.
DARBY
And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.
BLB
And we fasted and sought from our God for this, and He was entreated of us.

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  • Jeremiah 29:12–13

    Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

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  • Matthew 7:7–8

    Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

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  • Ezra 8:31

    Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:12–13

    And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

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  • Deuteronomy 4:29

    But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

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  • 1 Chronicles 5:20

    And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

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  • Esther 4:16

    Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

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  • Isaiah 19:22

    And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.

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