2 Chronicles 20:3
3Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face ato seek the Lord, and bproclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.Ezra 8:21
Fasting and Prayer for Protection
21 cThen I proclaimed a fast there, at the river dAhava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, eto seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.Joel 2:15-16
15 fBlow the trumpet in Zion;gconsecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
16gather the people.
hConsecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
igather the children,
even nursing infants.
jLet the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.
Jonah 3:5
5 kAnd the people of Nineveh believed God. lThey called for a fast and mput on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
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