38 occurrences

'Asked' in the Bible

Sometime after Joshua had died, the Israelis asked the LORD, "Who is to lead us against the Canaanites in our opening attack against them?"

Verse ConceptsFirst To FightFighting Enemies

Later on, after she had arrived, she urged Othniel to ask her father for a field. As she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, "What do you want for yourself?"

Verse ConceptsDismounting

She sent word to Abinoam's son Barak from Kedesh-naphtali, summoning him. She asked him, "The LORD God of Israel has commanded you, hasn't he? He told you, "Go out, march to Mount Tabor, and take 10,000 men with you from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsDeborahTens Of Thousands

He asked her, "Please give me some water to drink, because I'm thirsty." Instead, she opened a leather container of milk, gave him a drink, and then covered him up.

Verse ConceptsBottle, UsesMilkWaterBeverages, LiteralDairy

Sisera asked for water she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him yogurt!

Verse ConceptsButterNoblesWaterBeverages, LiteralRich Food

So Gideon asked him, "Please, if I have received favor from you, then do a miracle for me that shows that you're making this promise to me.

Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofdoubtersAssurance in the life of faithSeeking SignsSeeking A SignYou Will Know I Am The LordFavorgideon

They asked each other, "Who did this thing?" When they looked into it and asked around, they concluded, "Joash's son Gideon did it."

Verse ConceptsWho Is The Doer?

Then he left there to go to Penuel and asked the same thing from them, but the men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth did.

Afterwards, he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, "What were the men like whom you killed at Tabor?" They answered, "Like you, each one like the son of a king""

Verse ConceptsLike People By NatureWhat Kind?Nature Of Kings

Then the men of Israel asked Gideon, "Rule over us you, your son, and your grandsons because you have delivered us from Midian's domination."

Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenThe Kingdom Of Othersgideon

The weight of the rings that he had asked for was 1,700 gold coins, not counting the crescent-shaped necklaces, pendants, and purple garments worn by the Midian kings, and also not counting the bands adorning the necks of their camels.

Verse ConceptsChainsColors, PurpleNecklacePurple ClothesWearing JewelleryWeights Of Gold

But the olive tree asked them, "Should I stop producing my rich oils by which both God and men are honored and go take dominion over trees?'

Verse ConceptsTreesThe Honourable Will Be HonouredOlive Trees

But the fig tree asked them, "Should I leave my sweet, good fruit and go take dominion over trees?'

Verse ConceptsSweetness

But the grape vine asked them, "Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go take dominion over trees?'

Verse ConceptsAlcoholEffect Of WineHuman Comfort

Then Jephthah asked the elders of Gilead, "If you all send me to fight against the Ammonites and the LORD hands them over right in front of me, will I really become your head?"

Israel sent a delegation to the king of Edom and asked him, "Please let us pass through your territory."

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutPassing Through

A little while later, the army of Ephraim was mustered, and they crossed to Zaphon. They confronted Jephthah and asked, "Why did you cross over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to accompany you? We're going to burn your house down around you!"

Verse ConceptsArsonActing AloneBurning People

The descendants of Gilead seized control of the Jordan River's fords along the border of Ephraim's territory. Later on, when any fugitive from Ephraim asked them, "Let me cross over," the men from Gilead would ask him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said "No,"

Verse ConceptsFords

Manoah asked, "Now, when what you've said occurs, what is to be the young man's way of life and work?"

Verse Conceptsvocation

Manoah asked the angel of the LORD, "What's your name, because when what you've said happens, we'll glorify you?"

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodWhat Is God's Name?

His father and mother asked him, "Isn't there a woman suitable among the daughters of your relatives or among all of our people, since you're going to get your wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?"

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalBad Decision Making ExamplesMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningUncircumcisionInfatuationIntermarriageLeaving Parents For Spouse

The leading men of Judah asked, "Why have you invaded us?" They replied, "We're here to arrest Samson. Then we're going to do to him what he did to us."

Verse ConceptsRepaying Evil For EvilTying UpWhy Do You Do This?

In response, 3,000 soldiers from the tribe of Judah went down to the caves of the rock of Etam and asked Samson, "Don't you know that the Philistines have us in their control? What have you done to us?" "I did to them what they did to me," he answered.

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

So Delilah asked Samson, "Please tell me the secret to your great strength and how you may be tied up and tortured."

Verse ConceptsTemptressesTying UpWomen's Strength

Some time later, she asked him, "How can you keep saying "I love you!' when your heart isn't with me? These three times you've lied to me and haven't told me where your great strength lies."

Verse ConceptsCommunicating Three TimesIndividuals Who LiedMen And Women Who Loved

Micah asked him, "Where did you come from?" He replied, "I'm a descendant of Levi from Bethlehem in Judah, and I'm going to stay temporarily wherever I can find a place."

Verse ConceptsWhere From?

When they returned to their relatives at Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, "What's your report?"

After they went into Micah's home and took possession of the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the cast image, the priest challenged them. "What are you doing?" he asked them.

Verse ConceptsHousehold GodsCarvingWhat Do You Do?

They yelled at the descendants of Dan, who turned around to face Micah and asked, "What's wrong with you? You've assembled together"?"

Verse ConceptsWhat Is The Matter?

As the old man looked up and saw the traveling man in the public square of the city, he asked, "Now then, where are you headed? And where are you from?"

Verse ConceptsWhere From?Where To?

While the descendants of Benjamin were learning that the Israelis had gone up to Mizpah, the Israelis asked, "Somebody tell us how this evil could happen?"

The Israelis mounted up, traveled to Bethel, and asked God what to do. They said, "Who is to lead us in our opening attack against the descendants of Benjamin?" The LORD replied, "Judah is to open the attack."

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodFirst To FightFighting EnemiesPeople Of Judah

From there the Israelis went up and wept in the LORD's presence until evening. Then they asked the LORD, "Should we attack the descendants of Benjamin again?" The LORD replied, "Attack them."

Verse ConceptsAction Until Evening

while Eleazar's son Phinehas, a descendant of Aaron, served before it in those days. They asked, "Should we go out to war again against the descendants of our relative Benjamin, or shall we cease?" And the LORD answered, "Go out, and tomorrow I will deliver them into your control."

Verse ConceptsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

"Why, LORD God of Israel," they asked him, "is one tribe missing from Israel?"

Verse ConceptsSubtracting From PeopleBereavementNo One To Be FoundWhy Does This Happen?

The Israelis asked themselves, "Who didn't come up in our assembly in the LORD's presence from among all of the tribes of Israel?" They had taken a solemn oath concerning those who didn't come up to meet with the LORD at Mizpah that "They will certainly be executed."

Verse ConceptsPeople Bound By Oaths

They asked, "What one group of the tribes of Israel didn't come up to meet the LORD at Mizpah?" It turned out that no one had come to the encampment from Jabesh-gilead,

So the elders of the congregation asked, "What will we do to obtain wives for the survivors, since the women of Benjamin have been devastated?"

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersWives For Benjamin

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