When the messengers returned to the king, ¹  he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

They returned from investigating the land after forty days.

When King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned home safely to Jerusalem, ¹ 

God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him.

When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

Then Moses returned to the camp along with the elders of Israel.

Balaam got up and departed and returned to his home, ¹  and Balak also went his way.

Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.

Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.

Joshua rewarded ¹  them and sent them on their way; they returned to their homes. ² 

Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the pass ¹  of Heres.

When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.

When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,

So Hathach returned and related Mordecai’s instructions ¹  to Esther.

and she returned to her mother-in-law.When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi ¹  asked, ²  “How did things turn out for you, ³  my daughter?” Ruth ⁴  told her about all the man had done for her. ⁵ 

These are the people ¹  of the province who returned ²  from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. ³  They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.

The Lord went on his way ¹  when he had finished speaking ²  to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home. ³ 

Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together ¹  for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed. ² 

Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! ¹  He tore his clothes,

returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”