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Places People Prayed —A simple list from the Bible
Where They Were When They Prayed
On the battlefield at war with the Philistines, Samuel cried out to the Lord to help the children of Israel (1Samuel 7:7-9).
Nehemiah prayed in the palace of the king while in the king's presence ""(Nehemiah 2:4-5).
From a deep pit or dungeon the writer of Lamentations called on the name of the LORD (Lamentations 3:55-57).
Jonah prayed from the fish's belly(Jonah 2:1).
Gethsemane, believed to be a garden or olive grove, was a place of prayer for Jesus (Matthew 26:36).
Jesus withdrew into the wilderness to pray(Luke 5:16).
Jesus went out to a mountain to spend the night in prayer. On another occasion he took Peter, John, and James, up on a mountain to pray. (Luke 6:12, 9:28).
Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector(Luke 18:10).
The thief on the cross prayed to Jesus. Jesus also prayed on the cross (Luke 23:34,42).
In an upper room, the disciples were praying. This was on the day of Pentecost after Jesus's resurrection and ascension (Acts 1:12-14).
At his execution by stoning, Stephen prayed for himself and for his executioners (Acts 7:59-60).
Peter went to a rooftop to pray (Acts 10:9).
Devout women including Lydia met regularly to pray by a riverside(Acts 16:13-14).
Paul prayed by the seashore with the Christians at Tyre as he said farewell to them (Acts 21:5).
Paul prayed on a ship that was in grave danger of being wrecked on the rocks. His was a prayer of thanks for the bread he was about to eat (Acts 27:33-36).
Paul prayed at the bedside of a sick man and healed him (Acts 28:7-8).
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