'Asked' in the Bible

Then Eli answered and said, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of Him.”

It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of the Lord.”

For this boy I prayed, and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of Him.

So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who had asked of him a king.

Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, the Lord has set a king over you.

therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the Lord.’ So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering.”

Then he himself went to Ramah and came as far as the large well that is in Secu; and he asked and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” And someone said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”

If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, because it is the yearly sacrifice there for the whole family.’

Jonathan then answered Saul, “David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem,