Bible Explorer · Event · 458 BC
Before setting out across the bandit-ridden desert with temple treasures and returning exiles, Ezra proclaims a solemn fast by the river Ahava to humble themselves before God; ashamed to ask King Artaxerxes for soldiers and cavalry because of having testified to God’s deliverance, the company prays and is safely delivered.
Date: 458 BC · Note: 7th year of Artaxerxes I; faithful reliance on divine protection over imperial armaments.
Ezra 8:21-36