Ezra 8:23

23 So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

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Ezra 8:23 in Other Translations

KJV

23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

ESV

23 So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.

NLT

23 So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer.

MSG

23 So we fasted and prayed about these concerns. And he listened.

CSB

23 So we fasted and pleaded with our God about this, and He granted our request.

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezra 8:23 In-Context

21 There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

22 I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, “The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.”

23 So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, namely, Sherebiah, Hashabiah and ten of their brothers,

25 and I weighed out to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisers, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God.

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1. S 2 Chronicles 20:3; 2 Chronicles 33:13; Acts 14:23

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