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;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
;Humiliation
:De 9:18; Ne 9:1
;During forty days
:Moses      
:: De 9:9,18   
:Jesus      
:: Mt 4:1,2; Mr 1:12,13; Lu 4:1,2
;Habitual
:By John's disciples      
:: Mt 9:14   
:By Anna      
:: Lu 2:37   
:By Pharisees      
:: Mt 9:14; Mr 2:18; Lu 18:12   
:By Cornelius      
:: Ac 10:30   
:By Paul      
:: 2Co 6:5; 11:27
;In times of bereavement
:Of the people of Jabesh-gilead, for Saul and his sons      
:: 1Sa 31:13; 1Ch 10:12   
:Of David, at the time of Saul's death      
:: 2Sa 1:12   
:Of Abner's death      
:: 2Sa 3:35
;Prolonged
:For three weeks, by Daniel      
:: Da 10:2,3   
:For forty days, by Moses      
:: Ex 24:18; 34:28; De 9:9,18   
:Elijah      
:: 1Ki 19:8   
:Jesus      
:: Mt 4:2
;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   
;Of Ahab, when Elijah prophesied the destruction of himself    and his house      
:1Ki 21:27; with 20:29   
;Of Jehoshaphat, at the time of the invasion of the    confederated armies of the Canaanites and Syrians      
:2Ch 20:3   
;Of Ezra, on account of the idolatrous marriages of the Jews      
:Ezr 10:6   
;Of Nehemiah, on account of the desolation of Jerusalem and    the temple      
:Ne 1:4   
;Of the Jews, when Jeremiah prophesied against Judea and    Jerusalem      
:Jer 36:9   
;In Babylon, with prayer for divine deliverance and guidance      
:Ezr 8:21,23   
;Of Darius, when he put Daniel in the lions' den      
:Da 6:18   
;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   
;Ninevites, when Jonah preached to them      
:Jon 3:5-10   
;By Paul, at the time of his conversion      
:Ac 9:9   
;Of the disciples, at the time of the consecration of    Barnabas and Saul      
:Ac 13:2,3   
;Of the consecration of the elders      
:Ac 14:23

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