'Took' in the Bible

Elam took up the quiverWith the chariots, infantry and horsemen;And Kir uncovered the shield.

Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.

Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.

Therefore I declared them to you long ago,Before they took place I proclaimed them to you,So that you would not say, ‘My idol has done them,And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.’

“Come near to Me, listen to this:From the first I have not spoken in secret,From the time it took place, I was there.And now the Lord God has sent Me, and His Spirit.”