Lexicon :: Strong's H7592 - šā'al

Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD because he did not keep the LORD’s word. He even consulted a medium for guidance,

so David inquired of God, “Should I attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me? ”

The LORD replied, “Attack, and I will hand them over to you.”

he sent his son Hadoram to King David to greet him and to congratulate him because David had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, for Tou and Hadadezer had fought many wars. Hadoram brought all kinds of gold, silver, and bronze items.

That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask. What should I give you? ”

King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba her every desire, whatever she asked ​— ​far more than she had brought the king. Then she, along with her servants, returned to her own country.

Rehoboam also showed discernment by dispersing some of his sons to all the regions of Judah and Benjamin and to all the fortified cities. He gave them plenty of provisions and sought many wives for them.

I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his fierce anger is against all who abandon him.”

Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah, and I questioned them about Jerusalem and the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile.

While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. It was only later that I asked the king for a leave of absence

For ask the previous generation,

and pay attention to what their ancestors discovered,

But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;

ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

Have you never consulted those who travel the roads?

Don’t you accept their reports?[fn]

I have not allowed my mouth to sin

by asking for his life with a curse.

Get ready to answer me like a man;

when I question you, you will inform me.

Get ready to answer me like a man;

when I question you, you will inform me.

You said, “Listen now, and I will speak.

When I question you, you will inform me.”

“Ask of me,

and I will make the nations your inheritance

and the ends of the earth your possession.

He asked you for life, and you gave it to him —

length of days forever and ever.

I have asked one thing from the LORD;

it is what I desire:

to dwell in the house of the LORD

all the days of my life,

gazing on the beauty of the LORD

and seeking him in his temple.

Malicious witnesses come forward;

they question me about things I do not know.

You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;

you open my ears to listen.[fn]

You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.

They deliberately[fn] tested God,

demanding the food they craved.

They asked, and he brought quail

and satisfied them with bread from heaven.

Let his children wander as beggars,

searching for food far[fn] from their demolished homes.

Pray for the well-being[fn] of Jerusalem:

“May those who love you be secure;

for our captors there asked us for songs,

and our tormentors, for rejoicing:

“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

The slacker does not plow during planting season;[fn]

at harvest time he looks,[fn] and there is nothing.

Two things I ask of you;

don’t deny them to me before I die:

All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them. I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these? ”

since it is not wise of you to ask this.

“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God ​— ​it can be as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.”

Without asking my advice

they set out to go down to Egypt

in order to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection

and take refuge in Egypt’s shadow.

“When I look, there is no one;

there is no counselor among them;

when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

This is what the LORD,

the Holy One of Israel and its Maker, says:

“Ask me what is to happen to[fn] my sons,

and instruct me about the work of my hands.

“They seek me day after day

and delight to know my ways,

like a nation that does what is right

and does not abandon the justice of their God.

They ask me for righteous judgments;

they delight in the nearness of God.”

“I was sought by those who did not ask;

I was found by those who did not seek me.

I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’

to a nation that did not call on[fn] my name.

This is what the LORD says:

Stand by the roadways and look.

Ask about the ancient paths,

“Which is the way to what is good? ”

Then take it

and find rest for yourselves.

But they protested, “We won’t! ”

“Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem?

Who will show sympathy toward you?

Who will turn aside

to ask about your well-being?

Therefore, this is what the LORD says:

Ask among the nations,

who has heard things like these?

Virgin Israel has done a most horrible thing.

“Now when these people or a prophet or a priest asks you, ‘What is the burden[fn] of the LORD? ’ you will respond to them, ‘What is the burden? I will throw you away! This is the LORD’s declaration.’

Ask and see

whether a male can give birth.

Why then do I see every man

with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor

and every face turned pale?

Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you write all these words? At his dictation? ”[fn]

King Zedekiah later sent for him and received him, and in his house privately asked him, “Is there a word from the LORD? ”

“There is,” Jeremiah responded. He continued, “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”

King Zedekiah sent for the prophet Jeremiah and received him at the third entrance of the LORD’s temple. The king said to Jeremiah, “I am going to ask you something; don’t hide anything from me.”

Stand by the highway and watch,

resident of Aroer!

Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping,

“What happened? ”

They will ask about Zion,

turning their faces to this road.

They will come and join themselves[fn] to the LORD

in a permanent covenant that will never be forgotten.