20 occurrences

'Asked' in the Bible

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?”

Verse ConceptsDismounting

He asked for water; she gave him milk.She brought him curdled milk in a majestic bowl.

Verse ConceptsButterNoblesWaterBeverages, LiteralRich Food

But the princes of Succoth asked, “Are Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hands that we should give bread to your army?”

Verse ConceptsMan's Work Finished

He went from there to Penuel and asked the same thing from them. The men of Penuel answered just as the men of Succoth had answered.

He asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?”“They were like you,” they said. “Each resembled the son of a king.”

Verse ConceptsLike People By NatureWhat Kind?Nature Of Kings

The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim. Whenever a fugitive from Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites asked him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”

Verse ConceptsFords

So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are You the man who spoke to my wife?”“I am,” He said.

Verse ConceptsIs It Really?

Then Manoah asked, “When Your words come true, what will the boy’s responsibilities and mission be?”

Verse Conceptsvocation

“Why do you ask My name,” the Angel of the Lord asked him, “since it is wonderful.”

Verse ConceptsUnintelligiblenessWhat Is God's Name?

Then the Philistines asked, “Who did this?”They were told, “It was Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because he has taken Samson’s wife and given her to another man.” So the Philistines went to her and her father and burned them to death.

Verse ConceptsSons In LawBurning PeopleWho Is The Doer?Transferring Wives

Then 3,000 men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Don’t you realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?”“I have done to them what they did to me,” he answered.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftRulersThree Thousand And UpRepaying Evil For Evil

“Where do you come from?” Micah asked him.He answered him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I’m going to settle wherever I can find a place.”

Verse ConceptsWhere From?

While they were near Micah’s home, they recognized the speech of the young Levite. So they went over to him and asked, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is keeping you here?”

Verse ConceptsVoicesAsking Particular QuestionsRecognising Things

When the men went back to their clans at Zorah and Eshtaol, their people asked them, “What did you find out?”

When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”

Verse ConceptsWhere From?Where To?

The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.The Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this outrage occur?”

They set out, went to Bethel, and inquired of God. The Israelites asked, “Who is to go first to fight for us against the Benjaminites?”And the Lord answered, “Judah will be first.”

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodFirst To FightFighting EnemiesPeople Of Judah

and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving before it. The Israelites asked: “Should we again fight against our brothers the Benjaminites or should we stop?”The Lord answered: “Fight, because I will hand them over to you tomorrow.”

Verse ConceptsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

The Israelites asked, “Who of all the tribes of Israel didn’t come to the Lord with the assembly?” For a great oath had been taken that anyone who had not come to the Lord at Mizpah would certainly be put to death.

Verse ConceptsPeople Bound By Oaths

They asked, “Which city among the tribes of Israel didn’t come to the Lord at Mizpah?” It turned out that no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp and the assembly.

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Demand (66 instances)
Enquire (7 instances)
Expect (43 instances)
Inquire (138 instances)

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