Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

Bible References

And when

2 Chronicles 28:22
In the time of his distress, this same King Ahaz became yet more unfaithful to the Lord.
Leviticus 26:39
Those of you who are left will rot away because of their wickedness in the lands of your enemies; also because of the wickedness of their forefathers they will rot away like them.
Deuteronomy 4:30
When you are in distress and tribulation and all these things come on you, in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice.
Jeremiah 31:18

“I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.
Hosea 5:15

I will go away and return to My place [on high]
Until they acknowledge their offense and bear their guilt and seek My face;
In their distress they will earnestly seek Me, saying,
Micah 6:9

The voice of the Lord shall call to the city [of Jerusalem]—
And it is sound wisdom to heed [solemnly] and fear Your name [with awe-filled reverence];
“Hear, O tribe [the rod of punishment]. Who has appointed its time?
Luke 15:16
He would have gladly eaten the [carob] pods that the pigs were eating [but they could not satisfy his hunger], and no one was giving anything to him.

He besought

2 Chronicles 33:18
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are among the records of the kings of Israel.
Psalm 50:15

Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”
Acts 9:11
And the Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul; for he is praying [there],

General references

Job 12:18

“He loosens the bond of kings
And binds their loins with a loincloth.
Psalm 107:13

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them from their distresses.
Lamentations 3:55

I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.
Acts 9:9
And he was unable to see for three days, and he neither ate nor drank.