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TWOT Reference: 455
to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require
(Qal)
to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place)
to consult, enquire of, seek
of God
of heathen gods, necromancers
to seek deity in prayer and worship
God
heathen deities
to seek (with a demand), demand, require
to investigate, enquire
to ask for, require, demand
to practice, study, follow, seek with application
to seek with care, care for
(Niphal)
to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God)
to be sought, be sought out
to be required (of blood)
Strong's Number H1875 matches the Hebrew דָּרַשׁ (dāraš),
which occurs 164 times in 152 verses
in the WLC Hebrew.
Page 2 / 4 (2Ch 15:13–Psa 111:2)
Whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel would be put to death, young or old,[fn] man or woman.
In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a disease in his feet, and his disease became increasingly severe. Yet even in his disease he didn’t seek the LORD but only the physicians.
Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways of his ancestor David.[fn] He did not seek the Baals
but sought the God of his father and walked by his commands, not according to the practices of Israel.
But Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “First, please ask what the LORD’s will is.”
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Isn’t there a prophet of the LORD here anymore? Let’s ask him.”
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man who can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies good about me, but only disaster. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”
“The king shouldn’t say that,” Jehoshaphat replied.
“However, some good is found in you, for you have eradicated the Asherah poles from the land and have determined in your heart to seek God.”
Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved to seek the LORD. Then he proclaimed a fast for all Judah,
Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him (he was hiding in Samaria). So they brought Ahaziah to Jehu, and they killed him. The soldiers buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one from the house of Ahaziah had the strength to rule the kingdom.
So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by the LORD’s servant Moses and the assembly of Israel for the tent of the testimony?
King Joash didn’t remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him, but killed his son. While he was dying, he said, “May the LORD see and demand an account.”
So the LORD’s anger was against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why have you sought a people’s gods that could not rescue their own people from you? ”
But Amaziah would not listen, for this turn of events was from God in order to hand them over to their enemies because they went after the gods of Edom.
He sought God throughout the lifetime of Zechariah, the teacher of the fear[fn] of God. During the time that he sought the LORD, God gave him success.
“whoever sets his whole heart on seeking God, the LORD, the God of his ancestors, even though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
He was diligent in every deed that he began in the service of God’s temple, in the instruction and the commands, in order to seek his God, and he prospered.
When the ambassadors of Babylon’s rulers were sent[fn] to him to inquire about the miraculous sign that happened in the land, God left him to test him and discover what was in his heart.
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images.
“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book that was found. For great is the LORD’s wrath that is poured out on us because our ancestors have not kept the word of the LORD in order to do everything written in this book.”
“Say this to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD: ‘This is what the LORD God of Israel says: As for the words that you heard,
they approached Zerubbabel and the family heads and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to him[fn] since the time King Esar-haddon of Assyria brought us here.”
The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the Gentiles of the land[fn] in order to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.
Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the LORD, obey it, and teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
“So do not give your daughters to their sons in marriage or take their daughters for your sons. Never pursue their welfare or prosperity, so that you will be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.”
Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus. He was famous among the Jews and highly esteemed by many of his relatives. He continued to pursue prosperity for his people and to speak for the well-being of all his descendants.
If only that day had turned to darkness!
May God above not care about it,
or light shine on it.
Those who know your name trust in you
because you have not abandoned
those who seek you, LORD.
For the one who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;
he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.
In all his scheming,
the wicked person arrogantly thinks,[fn]
“There’s no accountability,
since there’s no God.”
Why has the wicked person despised God?
He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”
Break the arm of the wicked, evil person,
until you look for his wickedness,
but it can’t be found.
The LORD looks down from heaven on the human race[fn]
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.
The humble will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek the LORD will praise him.
May your hearts live forever!
Such is the generation of those who inquire of him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.[fn]Selah
Those who intend to kill me set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.
God looks down from heaven on the human race[fn]
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.
I sought the Lord in my day of trouble.
My hands were continually lifted up
all night long;
I refused to be comforted.
When he killed some of them,
the rest began to seek him;
they repented and searched for God.
Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far[fn] from their demolished homes.
2. 2Ch 15:13–Psa 111:2
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