15 occurrences

'First' in the Bible

Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsBreadthThe First Templeconstructionmeasurement

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, aren't they written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

Verse ConceptsCommemorationSeersVisionsProphetic Visions

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, aren't they written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the way of genealogies? There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

Verse ConceptsGenealogiesSeers

Behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

Verse ConceptsBooks, Not Preserved

Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesImitating Good KingsGod With Specific People

Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh."

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Receiving God's Advice

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.

Verse ConceptsBooks, Not Preserved

Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, aren't they written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?

Verse ConceptsTwelve Beings

Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.

Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, and repaired them.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening The Temple

Now they began on the first [day] of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Yahweh; and they sanctified the house of Yahweh in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

Verse ConceptsEnd Of Actionstomorrow

Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.

Verse ConceptsYearsThe Number Fourteen

and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,

Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, Human

Bible Theasaurus

Commencement (24 instances)
Foremost (17 instances)
Initiative (18 instances)
Leading (178 instances)
Maiden (40 instances)
Offset (3 instances)
Outset (2 instances)
Start (93 instances)