Ezra 8:23

23 So we fasted and petitioned 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.

Ezra 8:23 In-Context

21 And 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 For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”

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

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

25 and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.