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'Began' in the Bible

And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainCalling upon GodGod, The LordGod, Titles And Names OfActivity Begun

When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Verse ConceptsPeople MultiplyingPeople BeginningBuilding Relationships

Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth.

Verse ConceptsThe Mighty MenFirst OnesPowerful Individuals

"I am the servant of Abraham," he began.

Verse ConceptsThis Is Me

Isaac began to shake violently and asked, "Then who else hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it just before you arrived, and I blessed him. He will indeed be blessed!"

Verse ConceptsTremblingIndividuals TremblingWho Is This?People Blessing

Now Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by Pharaoh and was in charge of all the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsThirtyTravelAuthority Delegated To People

Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.

Then the man searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack!

Verse ConceptsBrothersBeginningSeeking For Concrete ThingsFinding Things

So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. When he came to Beer Sheba he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Verse ConceptsRefugeesSacrifice, In Ot

Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father's flock.

Verse ConceptsGirlsSeven ChildrenFathers And Daughters

When the fish that were in the Nile died, the Nile began to stink, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood everywhere in the land of Egypt!

Verse ConceptsTurned To BloodDeath Of CreaturesUnable To Do Other ThingsRiver Nile

So Moses extended his hand toward the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state when the sun began to rise. Now the Egyptians were fleeing before it, but the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesAnger Of God, Examples OfStretching OutDaybreakPeoples Who FledAt Daybreak

But they did not listen to Moses; some kept part of it until morning, and it was full of worms and began to stink, and Moses was angry with them.

Verse ConceptsInsectsSmellsMaggotsFood DecayingNamed People Angry With Othersworms

When Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab.

Verse ConceptsChastitySelf IndulgenceThey Committed ImmoralityPartyingSexual Immorality

So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words:

Verse ConceptsBeyond JordanThe Law Given Through Moses

The Lord's spirit began to control him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Verse ConceptsInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Means OfMoving On

His hair began to grow back after it had been shaved off.

Verse ConceptsReinstatementLong HairHair GrowingGrowingHair

The Benjaminites attacked the army, leaving the city unguarded. They began to strike down their enemy just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down about thirty Israelites.

Verse ConceptsThirtyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesKilling Within Israel

But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky.

Verse ConceptsLooking Back

Now as she and her two daughters-in-law began to leave the place where she had been living to return to the land of Judah,

Verse ConceptsDaughters In Law

Saul was [thirty] years old when he began to reign; he ruled over Israel for [forty] years.

Verse ConceptsKingsThirtysaul

He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul.

Verse ConceptsWeeksSeven DaysPeople WaitingScattering FollowersWaiting For God's Timing

Was it just today that I began to inquire of God on his behalf? Far be it from me! The king should not accuse his servant or any of my father's house. For your servant is not aware of all this -- not in whole or in part!"

Verse ConceptsIgnorant Of Facts

Ish-bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he began to rule over Israel. He ruled two years. However, the people of Judah followed David.

Verse ConceptsTwo YearsList Of Kings Of Israel

David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years.

Verse ConceptsThirtyThe Number FortyCareers40 To 50 Years

Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, "Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan -- and not only him but all of David's men as well?"

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, during the month Ziv (the second month), he began building the Lord's temple.

Verse ConceptsBeginningKingsMonthProperty, HousesSolomon, Life OfTypes Of ChristCalendarsMonth 2100 Years And MoreStarting To BuildThe First Temple

The armies were deployed opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day the battle began, and the Israelites killed 100,000 Syrian foot soldiers in one day.

Verse ConceptsWeeksOne Hundred Thousand And MoreThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSeven DaysDay 7Fighting EnemiesNumbers Of Foreigners Killedsyriacredibility

In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel's territory. Hazael attacked their eastern border.

Verse ConceptsNumbers ReducingDefeat Of God's People

Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

Verse ConceptsAge When Crowned

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

Verse Concepts20 To 30 YearsAge When CrownedMothers Of Kings

He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

Verse Concepts50 To 70 YearsAge When CrownedMothers Of Kings

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

Verse Concepts15 To 20 YearsAge When CrownedMothers Of Kings

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.

Verse ConceptsNot Imitating Good15 To 20 YearsAge When Crowned

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

Verse Concepts20 To 30 YearsAge When CrownedMothers Of Kings

Solomon began building the Lord's temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Verse ConceptsCalvaryBeginningJerusalem, Significance OfKingsMountainsSolomon, Life OfThreshing FloorSolomon's TempleStarting To BuildThe First Temple

He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

Verse ConceptsMonth 2construction

When they began to shout and praise, the Lord suddenly attacked the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

Verse ConceptsAliancesarmysurprises

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfThe Number FortyHelpful Children40 To 50 Years

Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

Verse Concepts20 To 30 YearsAge When Crowned

Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History Of50 To 70 YearsAge When Crowned

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

Verse Concepts15 To 20 YearsAge When CrownedTwelve Beings

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.

Verse Concepts15 To 20 YearsAge When Crowned

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David.

Verse Concepts15 To 20 YearsAge When Crowned

Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History Of20 To 30 Years

On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the Lord's temple. For eight more days they consecrated the Lord's temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished.

Verse ConceptsEnd Of Actionstomorrow

Hezekiah ordered the burnt sacrifice to be offered on the altar. As they began to offer the sacrifice, they also began to sing to the Lord, accompanied by the trumpets and the musical instruments of King David of Israel.

Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestras

In the third month they began piling their contributions in heaps and finished in the seventh month.

Verse ConceptsMonth 3Month 7Starting To BuildEnd Of Actions

Azariah, the head priest from the family of Zadok, said to him, "Since the contributions began arriving in the Lord's temple, we have had plenty to eat and have a large quantity left over. For the Lord has blessed his people, and this large amount remains."

Verse ConceptsChief priestsAbundance, Material

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year he began ridding Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good Examples OfPurgingYouthful Devotionteenager

From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. However, the Lord's temple was not at that time established.

Verse ConceptsMonth 7Foundations Of BuildingsThe First Temple

Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak began to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. The prophets of God were with them, supporting them.

Verse ConceptsAliancesHouse Of GodSchool Of ProphetsThe Second Temple

On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemy and from bandits along the way.

Verse ConceptsCaravansHand Of GodRoadsDivine Protection, Examples OfGod's HandGod Saving From EnemiesGod's Hands On PeopleEnemy Attacks

When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

Verse ConceptsShadowsCitiesShutting GatesDarkness Of Night

But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads.

Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative UseRobesSprinklingTearing Of ClothesWeepingSeeing At A DistanceDust On The HeadNot Recognising PeopleThose Who Tore Clothes

So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunDespair

The Lord began to speak to him in the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon ruled over Judah.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineProphecy, Inspiration Of OtTimes Of People

"Get a scroll. Write on it everything I have told you to say about Israel, Judah, and all the other nations since I began to speak to you in the reign of Josiah until now.

Verse ConceptsCommunicationBooksScrollsBooks Of ProphecyInspiration

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it. The siege began in the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah ruled over Judah.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsMonthArmies, Against IsraelMonth 10Years Of ZedekiahActual Attacks On JerusalemCapturing CitiesKings of judah

Old men, young men, young women, little children, and women -- wipe them out! But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary!" So they began with the elders who were at the front of the temple.

Verse ConceptsTouchActivity BegunGod Will Kill His PeopleChild AbuseThe Elderly

Therefore when they all heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations, and language groups began bowing down and paying homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected.

Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofBowing To False GodsCymbalsLyresIdol WorshipAll LanguagesAll Nations

Then all the color drained from the king's face and he became alarmed. The joints of his hips gave way, and his knees began knocking together.

Verse ConceptsGuilty FearThighsKneesExpressions On FacesKnockingThoughts Of The WickedPeople Appalledknots

When the king heard this, he was very upset and began thinking about how he might rescue Daniel. Until late afternoon he was struggling to find a way to rescue him.

Verse ConceptsRegretThoughts Of The RighteousSunsetsIndividuals Saving Others

While I was watching, that horn began to wage war against the holy ones and was defeating them,

Verse ConceptsSaintsHorns In Allegory

When Jonah began to enter the city one day's walk, he announced, "At the end of forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!"

Verse ConceptsHeraldMissionaries, Task OfProphets, Role OfThe Number FortyForty DaysOne DayMore Than One Month

Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, along with the whole remnant of the people, obeyed the Lord their God. They responded favorably to the message of the prophet Haggai, who spoke just as the Lord their God had instructed him, and the people began to respect the Lord.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodIndividuals Fearing GodNamed Prophets Of The LordGay Marriage

So I began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one "Pleasantness" and the other "Binders," and I tended the flock.

Verse ConceptsStaffKilling Domesticated AnimalsNations UnitedTwo Other ThingsBlessingPasturing The Flockreunitinggraciousness

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