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2 Chronicles 20:3

Jehoshaphat
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1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

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BSB
Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
KJV
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
WEB
Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set himself to seek the LORD. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
ASV
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto Jehovah; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
DARBY
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek Jehovah, and proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
BLB
And Jehoshaphat feared and set himself to seek YHWH, and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
ÅB
Da ble Josjafat redd, og han vendte seg i bønn til Herren og lot utrope en faste over hele Juda.
OTB
Josjafat ble redd og vendte sin oppmerksomhet mot å søke Herren; og han utropte en faste i hele Juda.
B1930
Da blev Josafat redd, og han v endte sig i bønn til Herren og lot utrope en faste over hele Juda.

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  • Daniel 9:3

    And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

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  • Jeremiah 36:9

    And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Samuel 7:6

    And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

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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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  • Joel 1:14

    Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,

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  • Jonah 3:5–9

    So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

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  • Joel 2:12–18

    Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

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  • 2 Chronicles 19:3

    Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

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