Three Days, Part 2

Ready for some more biblical "three days"? Here we go!

• After Samson delivered his challenging riddle, people were so puzzle that they could not solve it for three days. Pick up Judges 14 to unravel that mystery!
•  Saul and a servant were searching for lost donkeys for three days, until Samuel revealed that the animals had been found. Find that in 1 Samuel 9!
• When God gave good King Jehoshaphat and all of Israel a marvelous victory over their enemies, there was so much plunder that it took the Israelites three days to haul it all away! See 2 Chronicles 20 for the rest of the story on that.
• When Ezra was organizing a group of Israelites to return to Jerusalem, they waited three days before starting their journey. See for yourself in Ezra 8.
• And when they safely arrived in Jerusalem, they rested for three days. Again, read Ezra 8 if you want to know more.
• When Nehemiah secretly arrived in Jerusalem, he waited three days until he made himself known. See Nehemiah 2 for the fully story.
• Before going in to see Xerxes, Queen Esther and the Israelites prayed and fasted for three days. Read Esther 4 for the rest of the story.
• And of course, Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days. Eeeew! See Jonah 3 for the full story with the fish!

And you'll have to wait one more week to finish out my series on "three days" in the Bible! See ya then!