Ezra - 8:23

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23 So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezra 8:23.

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So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.
And we fasted, and besought our God for this: and it fell out prosperously unto us.
And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us.
So we fasted and sought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.
So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.
And so we fasted and begged our God for this; and as a result, we prospered.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

Intreated - He gave us an assurance of his gracious answer to our request.

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