FASTING
→ Observed on occasions of public calamities 2Sa 1:12
→ Afflictions Ps 35:13; Da 6:18
→ Private afflictions 2Sa 12:16
→ Approaching danger Es 4:16
→ Ordination of ministers Ac 13:3; 14:23
→ Accompanied by prayer Da 9:3
→ Confession of sin 1Sa 7:6; Ne 9:1,2
→ During forty days
→ Habitual
→ In times of bereavement
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Of the people of Jabesh-gilead, for Saul and his sons 1Sa 31:13; 1Ch 10:12
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Of David, at the time of Saul's death 2Sa 1:12
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Of Abner's death 2Sa 3:35
→ Prolonged
→ See HUMILIATION
→ See HUMILITY
→ UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Ezr 8:21-23; Ps 35:13; 69:10; Isa 58:3-7; Jer 14:12; Da 10:3; Joe 1:14; 2:12,13; Zec 7:5; 8:19; Mt 6:16-18; 9:14,15; 17:21; Ac 27:9,33,34; 1Co 7:5
→ INSTANCES OF
- Of the Israelites
In the conflict between the other tribes with the tribe of Benjamin, on account of the wrong suffered by a Levite's concubine Jud 20:26
When they went to Mizpeh for the ark of the covenant 1Sa 7:6
- Of David
Upon the death of Saul 2Sa 1:12
During the sickness of the child born to him by Bath-sheba 2Sa 12:16-22
While interceding in prayer for his friends Ps 35:13
In his zeal for Zion Ps 69:10
In prayer for himself and his adversaries Ps 109:4,24
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Of Ahab, when Elijah prophesied the destruction of himself and his house 1Ki 21:27; with 20:29
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Of Jehoshaphat, at the time of the invasion of the confederated armies of the Canaanites and Syrians 2Ch 20:3
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Of Ezra, on account of the idolatrous marriages of the Jews Ezr 10:6
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Of Nehemiah, on account of the desolation of Jerusalem and the temple Ne 1:4
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Of the Jews, when Jeremiah prophesied against Judea and Jerusalem Jer 36:9
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In Babylon, with prayer for divine deliverance and guidance Ezr 8:21,23
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Of Darius, when he put Daniel in the lions' den Da 6:18
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Of Daniel
On account of the captivity of the people, with prayer for their deliverance Da 9:3
At the time of his vision Da 10:1-3
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Ninevites, when Jonah preached to them Jon 3:5-10
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By Paul, at the time of his conversion Ac 9:9
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Of the disciples, at the time of the consecration of Barnabas and Saul Ac 13:2,3
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Of the consecration of the elders Ac 14:23