'Question' in the Bible

But David said, “What have I done now? Was it not just a [harmless] question?”

Then David turned away from Eliab to someone else and asked the same question; and the people gave him the same answer as the first time.

“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity [since you question the Almighty],And array yourself with honor and majesty.

For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker says this,“Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons,And give Me orders concerning the work of My hands.

Also bear your disgrace [as punishment], having made judgment favorable for your sisters, for [you virtually absolved them] because of your sins in which you behaved more repulsively than they; they are more in the right than you. Yes, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you made your [pagan] sisters seem righteous.

So the house of Israel will know [with absolute confidence] that I am the Lord their God from that day forward.

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Ask the priests for a ruling: