2 Chronicles 20:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Frightened, Jehoshaphat resolved to consult the Lord. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:16

After them, all those, of every tribe of Israel, who set their hearts to seek the Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 19:3

Yet some good has been found in you, since you have removed the asherahs from the land and have set your heart to seek God.” Judges Appointed.

2 Chronicles 7:14

if then my people, upon whom my name has been pronounced, humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven and pardon their sins and heal their land.

Nehemiah 9:1

On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites gathered together while fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.

Jeremiah 36:9

In the ninth month, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, all the people of Jerusalem and all those who came from Judah’s cities to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the Lord.

Daniel 9:3

I turned to the Lord God, to seek help, in prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Joel 1:14

Proclaim a holy fast! Call an assembly! Gather the elders, all who dwell in the land, To the house of the Lord, your God, and cry out to the Lord!

Amos 5:4

For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek me, that you may live,

Jonah 1:16

Seized with great fear of the Lord, the men offered sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.

Matthew 10:28

And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Judges 20:26

So the entire Israelite army went up and entered Bethel, where they sat weeping before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and communion offerings before the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:6

When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out on the ground before the Lord, and they fasted that day, saying, “We have sinned against the Lord.” It was at Mizpah that Samuel began to judge the Israelites. Rout of the Philistines.