Fasting in Zechariah

-Observed on occasions of public calamities 2SA 1:12 -Afflictions PSA 35:13; DAN 6:18 -Private afflictions 2SA 12:16 -Approaching danger EST 4:16 -Ordination of ministers ACT 13:3; 14:23 -Accompanied by prayer DAN 9:3 -Confession of sin 1SA 7:6; NEH 9:1,2 -Humiliation DEU 9:18; NEH 9:1 -During forty days -Moses DEU 9:9,18 -Jesus MAT 4:1,2; MRK 1:12,13; LUK 4:1,2 -Habitual -By John's disciples MAT 9:14 -By Anna LUK 2:37 -By Pharisees MAT 9:14; MRK 2:18; LUK 18:12 -By Cornelius ACT 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 DAN 10:2,3 -For forty days, by Moses EXO 24:18; 34:28; DEU 9:9,18 -Elijah 1KI 19:8 -Jesus MAT 4:2 -See HUMILIATION -See HUMILITY -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO EZR 8:21-23; PSA 35:13; 69:10; ISA 58:3-7; JER 14:12; DAN 10:3; JOL 1:14; 2:12,13; ZEC 7:5; 8:19; MAT 6:16-18; 9:14,15; 17:21; ACT 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 JDG 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 PSA 35:13 -In his zeal for Zion PSA 69:10 -In prayer for himself and his adversaries PSA 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 NEH 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 DAN 6:18 -Of Daniel -On account of the captivity of the people, with prayer for their deliverance DAN 9:3 -At the time of his vision DAN 10:1-3 -Ninevites, when Jonah preached to them JON 3:5-10 -By Paul, at the time of his conversion ACT 9:9 -Of the disciples, at the time of the consecration of Barnabas and Saul ACT 13:2,3 -Of the consecration of the elders ACT 14:23