LXX Concordance for ἤρξαντο

When mankind began to multiply on the earth and daughters were born to them,

The LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food.

Then the Benjaminites came out against the troops and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the troops as before, killing about thirty men of Israel on the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah through the open country.

One day Eli, whose eyesight was failing, was lying in his usual place.

They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the portico of the LORD's temple. They consecrated the LORD's temple for eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

Then Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. When the burnt offerings began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began, accompanied by the instruments of King David of Israel.

In the third month they began building up the piles, and they finished in the seventh month.

On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, even though the foundation of the LORD's temple had not yet been laid.

Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak began to rebuild God's house in Jerusalem. The prophets of God were with them, helping them.

When Sanballat, Tobiah, and the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they became furious.

“Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, as well as the children and older women, but do not come near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

“They saw false visions and their divinations were a lie. They claimed, “This is the LORD's declaration,” when the LORD did not send them, yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.

On the day of our king,

the princes are sick with the heat of wine —

there is a conspiracy with traitors.[fn]