'Besought' in the Bible

But Moses appeased and entreated the Lord his God, and said, “Lord, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

“Then I pleaded with the Lord at that time [for His favor], saying,

David therefore appealed to God for the child [to be healed]; and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.

So Ahaziah again sent a captain of a third fifty with his fifty [fighting men]. And the third captain of fifty went up and came bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and begged him [for compassion] and said to him, “O man of God, please let my life and the lives of your servants, these fifty, be precious in your sight.

But Jehoahaz sought the favor of the Lord, and the Lord listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.

But when he was in distress, he sought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

So we fasted and sought [help from] our God concerning this [matter], and He heard our plea.

Then Esther spoke again to the king and fell down at his feet and wept and implored him to avert the evil plot of Haman the Agagite and his plan which he had devised against the Jews [because the decree to annihilate the Jews was still in effect].