'Answered' in the Bible

When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me. I answered, 'Here I am!'

The king replied to her, "What do you want?" She answered, "I am a widow; my husband is dead.

The king said, "Did Joab put you up to all of this?" The woman answered, "As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant's mouth.

Joab answered, "Get serious! I don't want to swallow up or destroy anything!