Esra 8:23

Afrikaans Bible

So het ons dan gevas en onse God dit gevra, en Hy het ons verhoor.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we fasted: Nehemiah 9:1, Esther 4:16, Daniel 9:3, Luke 2:37, Acts 10:30

besought: Jeremiah 29:12, Jeremiah 29:13, Jeremiah 33:3, Jeremiah 50:4, Jeremiah 50:5

and he was entreated: Ezra 8:31, Deuteronomy 4:29, 1 Chronicles 5:20, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:13, Psalms 66:18-20, Isaiah 19:22, Jeremiah 29:12, Jeremiah 29:13, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 25:21 - and the Proverbs 3:6 - In Acts 8:24 - Pray

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So we fasted, and besought our God for this,.... Sought the Lord by fasting and prayer for a good journey, and preservation in it:

and he was entreated of us; accepted their prayer, as Jarchi, so that they came safe to Jerusalem.