LXX Concordance for ἠθέλησεν

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe,[fn] and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”[fn]

But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and did not let the people go.

Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.

Edom refused to allow Israel to travel through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.

“But King Sihon of Heshbon would not let us travel through his land, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to hand him over to you, as has now taken place.

“I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights like the first time. The LORD also listened to me on this occasion; he agreed not to annihilate you.

“Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, but he turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God loves you.

“But if the man doesn't want to marry his sister-in-law, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, ‘My brother-in-law refuses to preserve his brother's name in Israel. He isn't willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.'

“but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I rescued you from him.

“Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us travel through your land,' but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he refused. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.

“but Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. Instead, Sihon gathered all his troops, camped at Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up, departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). The man had his two saddled donkeys and his concubine with him.

Abner said to him, “Turn to your right or left, seize one of the young soldiers, and take whatever you can get from him.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

The elders of his house stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

She brought the pan and set it down in front of him, but he refused to eat. Amnon said, “Everyone leave me! ” And everyone left him.

But he refused to listen to her, and because he was stronger than she was, he disgraced her by raping her.

“No,” she cried,[fn] “sending me away is much worse than the great wrong you've already done to me! ”

But he refused to listen to her.

The king replied to Absalom, “No, my son, we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he wasn't willing to go, though he did bless him.

Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab was unwilling to come to him. So he sent again, a second time, but he still would not come.

So three of the warriors broke through the Philistine camp and drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem. They brought it back to David, but he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out to the LORD.

When Solomon finished building the temple of the LORD, the royal palace, and all that Solomon desired to do,

“Blessed be the LORD your God! He delighted in you and put you on the throne of Israel, because of the LORD's eternal love for Israel. He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba her every desire ​— ​whatever she asked ​— ​besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she, along with her servants, returned to her own country.

One of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow prophet by the word of the LORD, “Strike me! ” But the man refused to strike him.

For the sake of his servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since he had promised to give a lamp[fn] to David and his sons forever.

but the LORD was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and turned toward them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them. Even now he has not banished them from his presence.

and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive.

So the Three broke through the Philistine camp and drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem. They brought it back to David, but he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out to the LORD.

When Hadadezer's subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. After this, the Arameans were never willing to help the Ammonites again.

“Yet the LORD God of Israel chose me out of all my father's family to be king over Israel forever. For he chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah, my father's family, and from my father's sons, he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

So Solomon finished the LORD's temple and the royal palace. Everything that had entered Solomon's heart to do for the LORD's temple and for his own palace succeeded.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

The drinking was according to royal decree: “There are no restrictions.” The king had ordered every wine steward in his household to serve whatever each person wanted.

But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him?

He does what he desires.

He loved cursing ​— ​let it fall on him;

he took no delight in blessing ​— ​let it be far from him.

Our God is in heaven

and does whatever he pleases.

The LORD does whatever he pleases

in heaven and on earth,

in the seas and all the depths.

One person slaughters an ox, another kills a person;

one person sacrifices a lamb, another breaks a dog's neck;

one person offers a grain offering, another offers pig's blood;

one person offers incense, another praises an idol —

all these have chosen their ways

and delight in their abhorrent practices.

Israel will not return to the land of Egypt

and Assyria will be his king,

because they refused to repent.