baw-kash'
a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically
in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after:--ask,
beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure,
(make) request, require, seek (for).
And Abner [074] had communication [01697] [01961] with the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Ye sought [01245] for David [01732] in times [08543] past [08032] to be king [04428] over you:in times…: Heb. both yesterday and the third day
And they brought [0935] the head [07218] of Ish–bosheth [0378] unto David [01732] to Hebron [02275], and said [0559] to the king [04428], Behold the head [07218] of Ish–bosheth [0378] the son [01121] of Saul [07586] thine enemy [0341], which sought [01245] thy life [05315]; and the Lord [03068] hath [05414] avenged [05360] my lord [0113] the king [04428] this day [03117] of Saul [07586], and of his seed [02233].
How much more, when wicked [07563] men [0582] have slain [02026] a righteous [06662] person [0376] in his own house [01004] upon his bed [04904]? shall I not therefore now require [01245] his blood [01818] of your hand [03027], and take you away [01197] from the earth [0776]?
But when the Philistines [06430] heard [08085] that they had anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over Israel [03478], all the Philistines [06430] came up [05927] to seek [01245] David [01732]; and David [01732] heard [08085] of it, and went down [03381] to the hold [04686].
David [01732] therefore besought [01245] God [0430] for the child [05288]; and David [01732] fasted [06685] [06684], and went in [0935], and lay [07901] all night [03885] upon the earth [0776].fasted: Heb. fasted a fast
And David [01732] said [0559] to Abishai [052], and to all his servants [05650], Behold, my son [01121], which came forth [03318] of my bowels [04578], seeketh [01245] my life [05315]: how much more now may this Benjamite [01145] do it? let him alone [03240], and let him curse [07043]; for the Lord [03068] hath bidden [0559] him.
And I will bring back [07725] all the people [05971] unto thee: the man [0376] whom thou seekest [01245] is as if all returned [07725]: so all the people [05971] shall be in peace [07965].
And when Absalom's [053] servants [05650] came [0935] to the woman [0802] to the house [01004], they said [0559], Where is Ahimaaz [0290] and Jonathan [03083]? And the woman [0802] said [0559] unto them, They be gone over [05674] the brook [04323] of water [04325]. And when they had sought [01245] and could not find [04672] them, they returned [07725] to Jerusalem [03389].
I am one of them that are peaceable [07999] and faithful [0539] in Israel [03478]: thou seekest [01245] to destroy [04191] a city [05892] and a mother [0517] in Israel [03478]: why wilt thou swallow up [01104] the inheritance [05159] of the Lord [03068]?
Then there was a famine [07458] in the days [03117] of David [01732] three [07969] years [08141], year [08141] after [0310] year [08141]; and David [01732] enquired [01245] of [06440] the Lord [03068]. And the Lord [03068] answered [0559], It is for Saul [07586], and for his bloody [01818] house [01004], because he slew [04191] the Gibeonites [01393].enquired…: Heb. sought the face, etc
And the king [04428] called [07121] the Gibeonites [01393], and said [0559] unto them; (now the Gibeonites [01393] were not of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], but of the remnant [03499] of the Amorites [0567]; and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] had sworn [07650] unto them: and Saul [07586] sought [01245] to slay [05221] them in his zeal [07065] to the children [01121] of Israel [03478] and Judah [03063].)