Ezra 8:21

Fasting and Prayer for Protection

21 aThen I proclaimed a fast there, at the river bAhava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, cto seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.

Ezra 8:31

31Then we departed from the river Ahava don the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. eThe hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way.
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