'Ask' in the Bible

and Toi sendeth Joram his son unto king David to ask of him of welfare, and to bless him, (because that he hath fought against Hadadezer, and smiteth him, for a man of wars with Toi had Hadadezer been), and in his hand have been vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass,

and she speaketh, saying, 'They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished.