Judg 20:26, 2Ch 20:3, Ezr 8:23, Est 4:3, 16, Isa 22:12, Joe 1:13-14 | ESV | STEP | Then all the people of Israel , the whole army , went up and came to Bethel and wept . They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening , and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord .

l[See ver. 9 above]

m[ver. 8; Mic. 1:8]

n[ver. 8; Jer. 4:8]

o[See ver. 9 above]

p ver. 9; ch. 2:14

q ch. 2:15, 16; See 2 Chr. 20:3

r ch. 2:15, 16; See 2 Chr. 20:3

s ver. 2

t ver. 2

Judges 20:26

26 Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to ^aBethel and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

2 Chronicles 20:3

3 Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face ^bto seek the Lord, and ^cproclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

Ezra 8:23

23 So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.

Esther 4:3

3 And in every province, wherever the king’s command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, ^dwith fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them ^elay in sackcloth and ashes.

Esther 4:16

16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for ^fthree days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, ^gand if I perish, I perish.”

Isaiah 22:12

12 In that day ^hthe Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for ⁱbaldness and ^jwearing sackcloth;

Joel 1:13-14

A Call to Repentance

13 ^kPut on sackcloth and lament, ^lO priests;
^mwail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, ⁿpass the night in sackcloth,
^oO ministers of my God!
^pBecause grain offering and drink offering
are withheld from the house of your God.
14 ^qConsecrate a fast;
^rcall a solemn assembly.
Gather ^sthe elders
and ^tall the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.