'Heard' in the Bible

Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the Lord of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

When Saul’s son Ish-bosheth [king of Israel], heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was horrified.

When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to look for him, but he heard about it and went down to the stronghold.

When Toi king of Hamath heard about David’s defeat of all the forces of Hadadezer,

When David heard about it, he sent Joab and the entire army, the strong and brave men.

When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for her husband.

Now when King David heard about all these things, he was very angry [but failed to take any action].

The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently with the young man Absalom for my sake.” And all the men heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom.

So the victory on that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said on that day, “The king grieves for his son.”

They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father; and they did all that the king commanded. After that, God was moved by prayer for the land.

“In my distress I called upon the Lord;I cried out to my God,And from His temple [in the heavens] He heard my voice;My cry for help came into His ears.

“Foreigners pretend obedience to me;As soon as they hear [me], they obey me.