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So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—

Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.

King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

…while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.

“You have requested a difficult thing,” said Elijah. “Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be so.”

“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow empty jars from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.

Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”

As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”

When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”

And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.

So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

So David inquired of God, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will deliver them into your hand.”

So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

…he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,

That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or honor for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—

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

Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.

For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”

Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king

Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.

But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.

Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?

I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’

Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.

One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

…for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die:

Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”

But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”