9 And she wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a ^xfast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.

3 Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a ^ufast throughout all Judah.

Fasting and Prayer for Protection

21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.

5 ^cAnd the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.