18 occurrences

'Asked' in the Bible

Then Eli answered and said, "Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant your request that you have asked of him."

Verse ConceptsHear Prayer!petition

And he asked them, "Why are you doing all these things that I am hearing, [namely], your evil dealings with all these people?

Verse ConceptsWhy Do You Do This?

When the army came [back] to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, "Why has Yahweh defeated us today before [the] Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to us from Shiloh so that it may come into our midst and deliver us from the hand of our enemies."

Verse ConceptsWhy Does God Do This?

So they sent and gathered all the rulers of [the] Philistines to them, and they asked, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" And they said, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around toward Gath." So they moved the ark of the God of Israel [to Gath].

Verse ConceptsRulers

Then the men of Beth Shemesh asked, "Who [is] able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? And to whom shall it go up from us?"

Verse ConceptsSelf JustificationSelf Righteousness, And The GospelAble To Stand

Then the people said to Samuel, "Who [is] the one who asked, 'Will Saul reign over us?' Give the men to us that we may kill them."

Verse ConceptsApproval To Killsaul

So then look! [Here is] the king you have chosen, for whom you have asked! Look, Yahweh has placed a king over you!

David left the baggage [he had] with him in the {care} of the baggage keeper, ran to the battle line, and came and {asked how his brothers were doing}.

Verse ConceptsGreetingsIndividuals RunningBaggage

David replied, "What have I done now? {I merely asked a question}!

Verse ConceptsAsking

Then he also went to Ramah. When he came to the great cistern which [was] in Secu, he asked and said, "Where [are] Samuel and David?" Someone said, "Look [they are] in Naioth in Ramah."

Verse ConceptsWhere Are People?

If your father misses me at all, then you must say, 'David earnestly asked from me to run to Bethlehem his city, for {the yearly sacrifice} [is] there for all the clan.'

Verse ConceptsBethlehemAsking PermissionEvery YearGone Awayanniversary

{And then} on the next day, the second day of the new moon, that David's place was empty. So Saul asked Jonathan his son, "Why did the son of Jesse not come either yesterday or today to the feast?"

Verse ConceptsEmpty ThingsWhy Do People Not Do This?

Jonathan answered Saul, "David earnestly asked permission from me [to go] up to Bethlehem.

David asked Ahimelech, "Is there not {at your disposal} a spear or a sword? For I took neither my sword nor my weapons with me because the king's matter was urgent."

Verse ConceptsUrgencyWeaponsHasteHasty Action

So the woman asked, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" He said, "Bring up Samuel for me."

Verse ConceptsAfterlifewitches

So David asked him, "Will you take me down to this band [of raiders]?" He said, "Swear to me by God that you will not kill me and that you will not deliver me into my master's hand! Then I will take you down to this band."

Verse ConceptsNegotiationTreasonPeople Bound By Oaths

Then David came to [the] two hundred men {who had been too exhausted to follow} David; they had left them behind at the Wadi Besor. They went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. David came near with the people and {asked them how they were doing}.

Verse ConceptsGreetingsThe Number Two HundredTired In Pursuit

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