FASTING

→ 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

→ Habitual

→ In times of bereavement

→ Prolonged

→ INSTANCES OF

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

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