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1. 1 Samuel 19:17 לָ֤מָּהלָמָ֥ה

   And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”

2. 1 Samuel 20:1 מֶ֤המֶֽה־וּמֶֽה־

   Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”

3. 1 Samuel 20:4 מַה־

   Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”

4. 1 Samuel 20:8 לָמָּה־

   Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

5. 1 Samuel 20:10 מַה־

   Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

6. 1 Samuel 20:32 לָ֥מָּהמֶ֥ה

   “Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”

7. 1 Samuel 21:3 מַה־

   Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”

8. 1 Samuel 21:14 לָ֛מָּה

   Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?

9. 1 Samuel 22:3 מַה־

   From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”

10. 1 Samuel 22:13 לָ֚מָּה

    And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”

11. 1 Samuel 24:9 לָ֧מָּה

    and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

12. 1 Samuel 25:17 מַֽה־

    Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”

13. 1 Samuel 26:15 וְלָ֙מָּה֙

    So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?

14. 1 Samuel 26:18 לָ֥מָּהמֶ֣הוּמַה־

    And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?

15. 1 Samuel 27:5 וְלָ֨מָּה

    Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

16. 1 Samuel 28:9 וְלָמָ֥ה

    But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”

17. 1 Samuel 28:12 לָ֥מָּה

    But when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”

18. 1 Samuel 28:13 מָ֣ה

    “Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.

19. 1 Samuel 28:14 מַֽה־

    “What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.

20. 1 Samuel 28:15 לָ֥מָּהמָ֥ה

    Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”

21. 1 Samuel 28:16 וְלָ֖מָּה

    “Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?

22. 1 Samuel 29:3 מָ֖ה

    Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”

23. 1 Samuel 29:4 וּבַמֶּ֗ה

    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?

24. 1 Samuel 29:8 מֶ֤הוּמַה־

    “But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

25. 2 Samuel 1:4 מֶה־

    “What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

26. 2 Samuel 2:22 לָ֤מָּה

    Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”

27. 2 Samuel 3:24 מֶ֣הלָמָּה־

    So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!

28. 2 Samuel 6:20 מַה־

    As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”

29. 2 Samuel 7:7 לָ֛מָּה

    In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

30. 2 Samuel 7:20 וּמַה־

    What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.

31. 2 Samuel 9:8 מֶ֣ה

    Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

32. 2 Samuel 11:21 לָ֥מָּה

    Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth ? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”

33. 2 Samuel 12:21 מָֽה־

    “What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”

34. 2 Samuel 12:23 לָ֤מָּה

    But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

35. 2 Samuel 13:26 לָ֥מָּה

    “If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.

36. 2 Samuel 14:5 מַה־

    “What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.

37. 2 Samuel 14:13 וְלָ֧מָּה

    The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?

38. 2 Samuel 14:31 לָ֣מָּה

    Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”

39. 2 Samuel 14:32 לָ֤מָּה

    “Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”

40. 2 Samuel 15:19 לָ֧מָּה

    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.

41. 2 Samuel 16:2 מָה־

    “Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

42. 2 Samuel 16:9 לָ֣מָּה

    Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

43. 2 Samuel 16:10 מַה־

    But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”

44. 2 Samuel 16:17 לָ֥מָּה

    “Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”

45. 2 Samuel 16:20 מַֽה־

    Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”

46. 2 Samuel 17:5 מַה־

    Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”

47. 2 Samuel 18:22 מָ֔הלָֽמָּה־

    Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “Regardless of whatever may happen, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”

48. 2 Samuel 18:23 מָ֣ה

    “No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.

49. 2 Samuel 18:29 מָֽה׃

    The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”

50. 2 Samuel 19:10 לָמָ֥ה

    But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”