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There I proclaimed a fast for the young men before our Lord, to seek from him a prosperous journey for ourselves and for our children and the livestock that were with us.
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also Hashabiah and Annunus and his brother Jeshaiah, of the descendants of Hananiah, and their descendants, twenty men;
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and of the temple servants, whom David and the leaders had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred twenty temple servants; the list of all their names was reported.
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There I proclaimed a fast for the young men before our Lord, to seek from him a prosperous journey for ourselves and for our children and the livestock that were with us.
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For I was ashamed to ask the king for foot soldiers and cavalry and an escort to keep us safe from our adversaries;
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for we had said to the king, "The power of our Lord will be with those who seek him, and will support them in every way."
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