'Request' in the Bible
So now I have just one request of you; don’t turn me down.”She said to him, “Go on.”
Then he said, Will you go to Solomon the king (for he will not say, No, to you) and put before him my request that he will give me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife?
And Bath-sheba said, Good! I will make your request to the king.
Then she said, “I have just one small request of you. Don’t turn me down.”“Go ahead and ask, mother,” the king replied, “for I won’t turn you down.”
King Solomon answered his mother, "Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!"
Then Solomon took an oath by the Lord: “May God punish me and do so severely if Adonijah has not made this request at the cost of his life.
The Lord was pleased that Solomon made this request.
And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;
I grant your request, and give you a wise and discerning mind superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you.
Furthermore, I am giving you what you did not request -- riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation.
Pay attention to the prayer of your servant and to his request, LORD my God, and listen to the cry and prayer that your servant is praying in your presence today.
Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably.
whatever prayer or request is made, no matter whether it's made by a single man or by all of your people Israel, each praying out of his own hurting heart and anguish and stretching out his hands toward this Temple,
then hear their prayer and their request in heaven, and fight for their cause.
The LORD told him: "I've heard your prayer and your request that you made to me. I have consecrated this Temple that you have built by placing my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there continuously.
And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.
They said to him, "Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward."
Related Words
- Requested (67 instances in 13 translations)
- Requesting (59 instances in 8 translations)
- Requests (43 instances in 13 translations)
- Require (110 instances in 12 translations)
- Required (105 instances in 12 translations)
- Requirement (23 instances in 8 translations)
- Requirements (44 instances in 9 translations)
- Requires (32 instances in 8 translations)
- Requirest (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Requireth (3 instances in 3 translations)
- Requiring (14 instances in 7 translations)
- Requisite (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Requital (9 instances in 3 translations)
- Requite (23 instances in 8 translations)
- Requited (8 instances in 5 translations)
- Requites (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Requiteth (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Requiting (3 instances in 5 translations)
Bible Theasaurus
- Ask (453 instances)
- Asking (204 instances)
- Beg (115 instances)
- Claim (92 instances)
- Crave (24 instances)
- Invite (26 instances)
- Petition (49 instances)
- Quest (5 instances)
- Request (292 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
Bachar
Baqash
Gamal
Sha'al
Shuwb