Ezra 8:23
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.In other versions
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.
ASV
So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.
BBE
And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.
DBY
So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us.
WEB
And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us.
YLT
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was implored of us.
ENG
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated by us.
WBT
So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.
BSB
In context
21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
22For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
23So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
24Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
25And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: