'Asked' in the Bible

And they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?”

Now King Zedekiah sent and took him out; and in his palace the king secretly asked him and said, “Is there a word from the Lord?” And Jeremiah said, “There is!” Then he said, “You will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon!”