LXX Concordance for ἐγενήθη

Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber [including the Hebrews], the [fn]older brother of Japheth, children were born.

After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying,

“Do not be afraid, Abram,

I am your shield;

Your reward [for obedience] shall be very great.”

“When he saw that the resting place was good

And that the land was pleasant,

He bowed his shoulder to bear [burdens],

And became a servant at forced labor.

The LORD also said to him, “Put your hand into your robe [where it covers your chest].” So he put his hand into his robe, and when he took it out, his hand was [fn]leprous, as white as snow.

Now it happened at midnight that the LORD struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the [fn]dungeon, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

And it happened on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel;

Then it came about in the morning that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal; from there he saw a portion of the Israelites.

“Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Aram (Syria),

from the mountains of the east, [saying,]

‘Come, curse [the descendants of] Jacob for me;

And come, [violently] denounce Israel.'

The plunder that remained from the spoil of war which the warriors had taken, was 675,000 sheep,

The half share, the portion of those who went to war, was 337,500 sheep in number,

“So it came about when all the men of war had finally died from among the people,

“For the LORD'S portion and chosen share is His people;

Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance.

Then the second lot fell to Simeon, to the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families (clans), and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the sons of Judah.

Then the cities from the tribe of Ephraim were allotted to the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, even to the rest of the sons of Kohath.

Now on that same night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father's bull, the second bull seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down [fn]the Asherah that is beside it;

Now on that same night the LORD said to Gideon, “Arise, go down against their camp, for I have given it into your hand.

Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the Israelites again played the prostitute with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.

The next day the people went out to the field, and it was reported to Abimelech.

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites.

So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an [fn]ephah of barley.

So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

Now it happened as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli was watching her mouth.

And the word of [the LORD through] Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and they camped beside Ebenezer while the Philistines camped at Aphek.

So it happened that as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all [the people of] Israel shouted with a great shout, and the earth resounded.

Then it happened when Saul turned his back to leave Samuel, God changed his heart; and all those signs came to pass that day.

Now Nahash the [fn]Ammonite [king] went up and [fn]besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty [of peace] with us and we will serve you.”

Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,

So it happened, when they had come, he looked at Eliab [the eldest son] and thought, “Surely the LORD'S anointed is before Him.”

Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch for him, so that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, told him, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”

In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the meeting with David, and a young boy was with him.

When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the [fn]Wilderness of Engedi.”

Now there was a man in Maon whose business and possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very rich. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats, and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel

In those days the Philistines gathered their forces for war to fight against Israel. Achish said to David, “Understand for certain that you and your men will go out with me to battle.”

Now it happened when David and his men came [home] to Ziklag on the third day, [they found] that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev (the South country) and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire;

The next day, when the Philistines came to plunder the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

Now when Joab saw that the battlefront was against him in front and in the rear, he selected some of all the choice men in Israel and set them in battle formation to meet the Arameans (Syrians).

It happened afterwards that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon [her half brother] the son of David was in love with her.

Then a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”

Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out and went to his home, to his city. Then he put his household in order, and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

Now the Philistines were at war again with Israel. David went down with his servants, and as they fought against the Philistines, David became weary.

After this, there was war again with the Philistines at Gob (Gezer). At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph (Sippai), who was among the descendants of the giant.

But it happened after three years, that two of Shimei's servants ran away to Achish the son of Maacah, the king of [fn]Gath. And Shimei was told, “Behold, your [runaway] servants are in Gath.”

When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day, who has given David a wise son [to be king] over this great people.”

[fn]Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv (April-May) which is the second month, that he began to build the Lord's house (temple).

Now it happened when Solomon had finished building the house (temple) of the LORD and the king's house (palace), and all else which he was pleased to do,

But it came about in the twenty-third year of [the reign of] King Jehoash, that the priests still had not repaired the damages of the LORD'S house.

‘Have you not heard [asks the God of Israel]?

Long ago I did it;

From ancient times I planned it.

Now I have brought it to pass,

That you [king of Assyria] should [be My instrument to] turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam the scribe to the house of the LORD, saying,

In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.

Now in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he with all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it and built siege works surrounding it.

But in the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family [who had a claim to be governor], came with ten men and struck and killed Gedaliah and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, showed favor to Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison;

Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honor, and was allied by [fn]marriage with Ahab.

On the third day [of the fast] Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace opposite his [throne] room. The king was sitting on his royal throne, facing the [main] entrance of the palace.

“I am a joke to my friends;

I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—

A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].

“You have taken a firm hold on me and have shriveled me up,

It has become a witness [against me];

And my leanness [and infirmity] rises up [as evidence] against me,

It testifies to my face [about my guilt].

Then the earth shook and quaked,

The foundations of the mountains trembled;

They were shaken because He was indignant and angry.

I am poured out like water,

And all my bones are out of joint.

My heart is like wax;

It is melted [by anguish] within me.

“Hear, O LORD, be gracious and show favor to me;

O LORD, be my helper.”

My tears have been my food day and night,

While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

When I wept and humbled myself with fasting,

It became my reproach.

His tabernacle is in Salem (Jerusalem);

His dwelling place is in Zion.

The voice of Your thunder was in the [fn]whirlwind;

The lightnings illumined the world;

The earth trembled and shook.

But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her,”

And the Most High Himself will establish her.

All who pass along the road rob him;

He has become the scorn of his neighbors.

And served their idols,

Which became a [dreadful] snare to them.

Judah became His sanctuary,

And Israel His dominion.

The stone which the builders rejected

Has become the [fn]chief corner stone.

This has become mine [as the gift of Your grace],

That I observe Your precepts [accepting them with loving obedience].

“Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;

He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers;

Each one was to bring him a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

Most certainly [LORD] You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob,

Because they are filled with influences from the east,

And they are soothsayers [who foretell] like the Philistines;

Also they strike bargains with the children of foreigners (pagans).

Now let me sing for my greatly Beloved [LORD]

A song of my Beloved about His vineyard (His chosen people).

My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile slope (the promised land, Canaan).

Therefore My people go into exile because they lack knowledge [of God];

And their honorable men are famished,

And their common people are parched with thirst.

Therefore the anger of the LORD has burned against His people,

And He has stretched out His hand against them and has struck them down.

And the mountains trembled, and their dead bodies lay like rubbish in the middle of the streets.

In spite of all this God's anger is not turned away,

But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].

For to us a Child shall be born, to us a Son shall be given;

And the government shall be upon His shoulder,

And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

In the year that King Ahaz [of Judah] died this [mournful, inspired] oracle ([fn]a burden to be carried) came:

For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel has said this,

“In returning [to Me] and rest you shall be saved,

In quietness and confident trust is your strength.”

But you were not willing,

O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited [expectantly] for You.

Be the arm of Your servants every morning [that is, their strength and their defense],

Our salvation also in the time of trouble.

For the Lord GOD helps Me,

Therefore, I have not been ashamed or humiliated.

Therefore, I have made My face like flint,

And I know that I shall not be put to shame.

[fn]Your holy cities have become a wilderness,

Zion has become a wilderness,

Jerusalem a desolation.

‘But this people has a stubborn heart and a rebellious will [that draws them away from Me];

They have turned away and have gone [into idolatry].

“An appalling and horrible thing [bringing desolation and destruction]

Has come to pass in the land:

“How can you say, ‘We are wise,

And the law of the LORD is with us [and we are learned in its language and teachings]'?

Behold, [the truth is that] the lying pen of the scribes

Has made the law into a lie [a mere code of ceremonial observances].

“My inheritance has become to Me

Like a lion in the forest;

She has raised her voice and roared against Me;

So I have come to [treat her as if I] hate her.

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Why has my pain been perpetual

And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?

Will you indeed be to me like a deceptive brook

With water that is unreliable?

For whenever I speak, I must shout out;

I shout violence and destruction,

Because the word of the LORD has become to me

A reprimand and a mockery and has brought me insult all day long.

“He has left His lair like the lion;

For their land has become a horror

Because of the fierceness of the oppressor

And because of the LORD'S fierce anger.”

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD, saying,

‘Alas! for that day is great,

There is none like it;

It is the time of Jacob's [unequaled] trouble,

But he will be saved from it.

And Jeremiah [answered King Zedekiah and] said, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Now in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, a fast was proclaimed before the LORD for all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came to Jerusalem from the cities of Judah.

Now after ten days [of prayer] had passed the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah.

Now it happened when Jeremiah, whom the LORD their God had sent, had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—that is, all these words—

“My people have become lost sheep;

Their shepherds have led them astray.

They have made them turn aside [to the seductive places of idolatry] on the mountains.

They have gone along [from one sin to another] from mountain to hill;

They have forgotten their [own] resting place.

“How the hammer of the whole earth

Is crushed and broken!

How Babylon has become

A horror [of desolation] among the nations!

[fn]How solitary and lonely sits the city [Jerusalem]

That was [once] full of people!

How like a widow she has become.

She who was great among the nations!

The princess among the provinces,

Has become a forced laborer!

“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass this way?

Look and see if there is any pain like my pain

Which was severely dealt out to me,

Which the LORD has inflicted [on me] on the day of His fierce anger.

Zion stretches out her hands,

But there is no comforter for her.

The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob

That his neighbors should be his enemies;

Jerusalem has become a filthy thing [an object of contempt] among them.

The Lord has become like an enemy;

He has swallowed up Israel.

He has swallowed up all its palaces;

He has destroyed its strongholds

And multiplied in the Daughter of Judah

Mourning and lamentation (expressions of grief).

Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass,

Unless the Lord has authorized and commanded it?

Panic and pitfall (traps, danger) have come on us,

Devastation and destruction.

O LORD, remember what has come upon us;

Look, and see our reproach (national disgrace)!

Because of this our heart is faint,

Because of these things our eyes are dim.

‘What was your mother [Jerusalem and Judah]?

A lioness among lions!

She lay down among young lions,

She reared her cubs.

Now in the eleventh year, on the first [day] of the month [after the capture of King Jehoiachin], the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

In the twelfth year [after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken into exile], on the fifteenth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Assyria is there with all her warriors; their graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword,

In the twelfth year of our exile [in Babylon], on the fifth of the tenth month, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been captured.”

The word of the LORD that came to Hosea the son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel.

As they approach their plotting,

Their mind burns [with intrigue] like an oven [while they lie in wait].

Their anger smolders all night;

In the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

The word of the LORD that came to [fn]Joel, the son of Pethuel.

The word of the LORD which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of [fn]Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah:

This is the joyous city

Which dwells carelessly [feeling so secure],

Who says in her heart,

“I am, and there is no one besides me.”

What a desolation she has become,

A lair for [wild] animals!

Everyone who passes by her will hiss [in scorn]

And wave his hand in contempt.