Those who had set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 20:3 - New Revised Standard Version Jehoshaphat was afraid; he set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself [determinedly, as his vital need] to seek the Lord; he proclaimed a fast in all Judah. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto Jehovah; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. Common English Bible Frightened, Jehoshaphat decided to seek the LORD’s help and proclaimed a fast for all Judah. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Jehoshaphat, being terrified with fear, gave himself entirely to petitioning the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all of Judah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Josaphat being seized with fear betook himself wholly to pray to the Lord: and he proclaimed a fast for all Juda. |
Those who had set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the sacred poles out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”
if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads.
“Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. After that I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
In the fifth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the towns of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the Lord.
Then I turned to the Lord God, to seek an answer by prayer and supplication with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.
Then the men feared the Lord even more, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.
Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went back to Bethel and wept, sitting there before the Lord; they fasted that day until evening. Then they offered burnt offerings and sacrifices of well-being before the Lord.
So they gathered at Mizpah, and drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They fasted that day, and said, “We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah.