'Preceded' in the Bible

Armed men preceded the priests who were blowing the trumpets, and a rear guard followed the ark, while the trumpets continued to blow.

The seven priests who carried the seven trumpets made from rams' horns preceded the ark of the LORD, blowing their trumpets constantly. The armed men preceded them, and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the trumpets continued to blow.

He practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, though not like the kings of Israel who had preceded him.

"Because King Manasseh of Judah has committed these despicable things, acting more sinfully than did all of the Amorites who preceded him, including making Judah sin with its idols,

I will be a father to him and he will be a son to me. I will never remove my gracious love from him as I did from the one who preceded you.