Observed on occasions of public calamities
2 Samuel 1:12
Afflictions
Psalms 35:13; Daniel 6:18
Private afflictions
2 Samuel 12:16
Approaching danger
Esther 4:16
Ordination of ministers
Acts 13:3; 14:23
Accompanied by prayer
Daniel 9:3
Confession of sin
1 Samuel 7:6; Nehemiah 9:1,2
Humiliation
Deuteronomy 9:18; Nehemiah 9:1
During forty days
Moses
Deuteronomy 9:9,18
Jesus
Matthew 4:1,2; Mark 1:12,13; Luke 4:1,2
Habitual
By John’s disciples
Matthew 9:14
By Anna
Luke 2:37
By Pharisees
Matthew 9:14; Mark 2:18; Luke 18:12
By Cornelius
Acts 10:30
By Paul
2 Corinthians 6:5; 11:27
In times of bereavement
Of the people of Jabesh-gilead, for Saul and his sons
1 Samuel 31:13; 1 Chronicles 10:12
Of David, at the time of Saul’s death
2 Samuel 1:12
Of Abner’s death
2 Samuel 3:35
Prolonged
For three weeks, by Daniel
Daniel 10:2,3
For forty days, by Moses
Exodus 24:18; 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9,18
Elijah
1 Kings 19:8
Jesus
Matthew 4:2
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES
Ezra 8:21-23; Psalms 35:13; 69:10; Isaiah 58:3-7; Jeremiah 14:12; Daniel 10:3; Joel 1:14; 2:12,13; Zechariah 7:5; 8:19; Matthew 6:16-18; 9:14,15; 17:21; Acts 27:9,33,34; 1 Corinthians 7:5
Instances
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
Judges 20:26
When they went to Mizpeh for the ark of the covenant
1 Samuel 7:6
Of David
Upon the death of Saul
2 Samuel 1:12
During the sickness of the child born to him by Bath-sheba
2 Samuel 12:16-22
While interceding in prayer for his friends
Psalms 35:13
In his zeal for Zion
Psalms 69:10
In prayer for himself and his adversaries
Psalms 109:4,24
Of Ahab, when Elijah prophesied the destruction of himself and his house
1 Kings 21:27; 20:29
Of Jehoshaphat, at the time of the invasion of the confederated armies of the Canaanites and Syrians
2 Chronicles 20:3
Of Ezra, on account of the idolatrous marriages of the Jews
Ezra 10:6
Of Nehemiah, on account of the desolation of Jerusalem and the temple
Nehemiah 1:4
Of the Jews, when Jeremiah prophesied against Judea and Jerusalem
Jeremiah 36:9
In Babylon, with prayer for divine deliverance and guidance
Ezra 8:21,23
Of Darius, when he put Daniel in the lions’ den
Daniel 6:18
Of Daniel
On account of the captivity of the people, with prayer for their deliverance
Daniel 9:3
At the time of his vision
Daniel 10:1-3
Ninevites, when Jonah preached to them
Jonah 3:5-10
By Paul, at the time of his conversion
Acts 9:9
Of the disciples, at the time of the consecration of Barnabas and Saul
Acts 13:2,3
Of the consecration of the elders
Acts 14:23
