'Hearing' in the Bible

And give ear to the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear from heaven your living-place; and hearing have mercy.

Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

Happy are your wives and happy these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.

And Asa, hearing these words of Azariah, the son of Oded the prophet, took heart and put away all the disgusting things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the towns which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he made new again the altar of the Lord in front of the covered way of the Lord's house.

Then Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and let his work come to an end.

Now Athaliah, hearing the noise of the people running and praising the king, came to the people in the house of the Lord:

And the king, hearing the words of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief.

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.