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Ezra 8

Ezra 8:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So we fasted
tsuwm (Hebrew #6684)
to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
KJV usage: X at all, fast.
Pronounce: tsoom
Origin: a primitive root
and besought
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
our God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
for this: and he was entreated
`athar (Hebrew #6279)
to burn incense in worship, i.e. intercede (reciprocally, listen to prayer)
KJV usage: intreat, (make) pray(-er).
Pronounce: aw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root (rather denominative from 6281)
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1 Chron. 5:20• 20and they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him. (1 Chron. 5:20)
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Psa. 66:18‑20• 18Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.
 19But God hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
 20Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his loving-kindness from me! (Psa. 66:18‑20)
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Isa. 19:22• 22And Jehovah will smite Egypt; he will smite and heal: and they shall return to Jehovah, and he will be entreated of them, and will heal them. (Isa. 19:22)
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Jer. 29:12‑13• 12And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;
 13and ye shall seek me and find me, for ye shall search for me with all your heart, (Jer. 29:12‑13)

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we fasted.
Neh. 9:1• 1And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. (Neh. 9:1)
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Esther 4:16• 16Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish. (Esther 4:16)
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Dan. 9:3• 3And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes; (Dan. 9:3)
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Luke 2:37• 37and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers; (Luke 2:37)
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Acts 10:30• 30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I had been fasting unto this hour, and the ninth I was praying in my house, and lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing, (Acts 10:30)
besought.
Jer. 29:12‑13• 12And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;
 13and ye shall seek me and find me, for ye shall search for me with all your heart, (Jer. 29:12‑13)
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Jer. 33:3• 3Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will shew thee great and hidden things, which thou knowest not. (Jer. 33:3)
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Jer. 50:4‑5• 4In those days, and at that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping as they go, and shall seek Jehovah their God.
 5They shall inquire concerning Zion, with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to Jehovah, in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten. (Jer. 50:4‑5)
and he was intreated.
Ezra 8:31• 31And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. (Ezra 8:31)
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Deut. 4:29• 29And from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, if thou shalt seek him with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul. (Deut. 4:29)
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1 Chron. 5:20• 20and they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him. (1 Chron. 5:20)
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2 Chron. 33:12‑13• 12And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
 13and prayed to him. And he was intreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah, he was God. (2 Chron. 33:12‑13)
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Psa. 66:18‑20• 18Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.
 19But God hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
 20Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his loving-kindness from me! (Psa. 66:18‑20)
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Isa. 19:22• 22And Jehovah will smite Egypt; he will smite and heal: and they shall return to Jehovah, and he will be entreated of them, and will heal them. (Isa. 19:22)
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Jer. 29:12‑13• 12And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;
 13and ye shall seek me and find me, for ye shall search for me with all your heart, (Jer. 29:12‑13)
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Matt. 7:7‑8• 7Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
 8For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. (Matt. 7:7‑8)
• God delights to respond to the confidence of His people, and to appear for those who testify to what He is for them amid trials and dangers. (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 8” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.