LXX Concordance for ἔλεγον

They called out to Lot and said, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have sex with them! ”

So the overseers and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am not giving you straw.

The people then came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so that he will take the snakes away from us.” And Moses interceded for the people.

They said, “If we have found favor with you, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Don't make us cross the Jordan.”

Then they approached him and said, “We want to build sheep pens here for our livestock and cities for our dependents.

“They took some of the fruit from the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us back a report: ‘The land the LORD our God is giving us is good.'

When the men went back to their relatives at Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you find out? ”

“Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we abandoned the LORD and worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths. Now rescue us from the power of our enemies, and we will serve you.'

As they danced, the women sang:

Saul has killed his thousands,

but David his tens of thousands.

Saul then removed his clothes and also prophesied before Samuel; he collapsed and lay naked all that day and all that night. That is why they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets? ”

But Naaman got angry and left, saying, “I was telling myself: He will surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the skin disease.

The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They raised their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD:

For he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.

The temple, the LORD's temple, was filled with a cloud.

Then he consulted with the people and appointed some to sing for the LORD and some to praise the splendor of his holiness. When they went out in front of the armed forces, they kept singing:[fn]

Give thanks to the LORD,

for his faithful love endures forever.

he taught me and said,

“Your heart must hold on to my words.

Keep my commands and live.

And one called to another:

Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Armies;

his glory fills the whole earth.

“‘All the women[fn] who remain in the palace of Judah's king will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon and will say to you,[fn]

“Your trusted friends[fn] misled[fn] you

and overcame you.

Your feet sank into the mire,

and they deserted you.”

“Suddenly, another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear. It was raised up on one side, with three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up! Gorge yourself on flesh.'

“Those who buy them slaughter them but are not punished. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD because I have become rich!' Even their own shepherds have no compassion for them.

If I had decided to say these things aloud,

I would have betrayed your people.[fn]

If I say, “My foot is slipping,”

your faithful love will support me, LORD.