Ezra 8:23

23 So we fasted, and asked of our God concerning this; and he hearkened to us.

Ezra 8:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 8:23

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.

Ezra 8:23 In-Context

21 And I proclaimed there a fast, at the river Aue, that should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.

22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a guard and horsemen to save us from the enemy in the way: for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God upon all that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath upon all that forsake him.

23 So we fasted, and asked of our God concerning this; and he hearkened to us.

24 And I gave charge to twelve of the chiefs of the priests, to Saraia, to Asabia, and ten of their brethren with them.

25 And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of the first-fruits of the house of our God, which the king, and his councillors, and his princes, and all Israel that were found, had dedicated.