Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 8:21
Source: Septuagint
21And I proclaimed there a fast, at the river Ahava, that we should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.
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19And Hashabiah, and Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and his sons, twenty.
20And of the Nathinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites there were two hundred and twenty Nathinim; all were gathered by their names.
— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 8:21 —
22For I was ashamed to ask of the king a guard and horsemen to save us from the enemy in the way: for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath are upon all that forsake him.
23So we fasted, and asked of our God concerning this; and he hearkened to us.