'Beginning' in the Bible

A throne of gloryon high from the beginningis the place of our sanctuary.

At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord:

At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur from Gibeon said to me in the temple of the Lord in the presence of the priests and all the people,

This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.