'Prompted' in the Bible

Then Abimelech asked Abraham, "What prompted you to do this thing?"

Jacob became angry and argued with Laban. "What did I do wrong?" he demanded of Laban. "What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?

This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David.

In those days the Lord prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah.