2 Chronicles 20:3 - Exposition

Proclaimed a fast . This is the first recorded occasion of a general fast by royal proclamation, and of individual fasting it is remarkable that there is no record before the time and the act of Moses (as e.g. Exodus 34:28 ); after which, for individual fasting, come occasions like those of David ( 2 Samuel 12:16 ) and Elijah ( 1 Kings 19:8 ); for general fasting, occasions like those of Joshua 7:6 ; 20:26 ; 1 Samuel 7:6 ; and for partial fasting, by semi-royal authority, that "proclaimed" by Jezebel ( 1 Kings 21:9 , 1 Kings 21:12 ).