11 occurrences in 12 translations

'Asked' in the Bible

When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”

Verse ConceptsStandingGod's Sword

“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as commander of the Lord’s army.”Then Joshua bowed with his face to the ground in worship and asked Him, “What does my Lord want to say to His servant?”

Verse ConceptsGesturesAttitudes, in prayerProstrationGod As A WarriorDivinityServant LeadershipResolving Conflictarmyreverence

"Lord GOD," Joshua asked, "Why have you brought this people across the Jordan River? To hand us over to the Amorites so we'll be destroyed? Wouldn't it have been better for us to be content to settle on the other side of the Jordan?

Verse ConceptsSadnessCrossing Into The Promised LandGod Will Cause DefeatWhy Does God Do This?

They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.”Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

Verse ConceptsWho Is This?Where From?

And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsAskingNot Enquiring Of GodDirection

Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and asked them, "Why did you deceive us by saying "We live far away from you,' even though you were, in fact, living in our midst?

Verse ConceptsBetrayal, Example OfPretendingNeighboursPeople From Far Away

Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.

Verse ConceptsPeople Who Blessed OthersExamples Of Following God

When she arrived, she persuaded Othniel to ask her father for a field. As she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you want?”

At that time, the descendants of Joseph asked Joshua, "Why did you give us only one allotment and portion for an inheritance, since we're numerous and the LORD has blessed us all along?"

Verse ConceptsShortage Other Than Food

So Joshua asked them, “How long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersBefore People Act

According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

Verse ConceptsTownRebuilding Named Cities

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