Mazmur 145:18

145:18 The Lord is near all who cry out to him,

all who cry out to him sincerely. ¹ 

Kejadian 22:14

22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place “The Lord provides.” ²  It is said to this day, ³  “In the mountain of the Lord provision will be made.” ⁴ 

Ulangan 4:7

4:7 In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him?

Ulangan 4:2

4:2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to ⁵  you.

1 Samuel 22:17-20

22:17 Then the king said to the messengers ⁶  who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided ⁷  with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm ⁸  the priests of the Lord.

22:18 Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five ⁹  men who wore the linen ephod. 22:19 As for Nob, the city of the priests, he struck down with the sword men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep – all with the sword.

22:20 But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped and fled to David. His name was Abiathar.

[145:18]  ¹ tn Heb “in truth.”

[22:14]  ² tn Heb “the Lord sees” (יְהוָה יִרְאֶה, yÿhvah yir’eh, traditionally transliterated “Jehovah Jireh”; see the note on the word “provide” in v. 8). By so naming the place Abraham preserved in the memory of God’s people the amazing event that took place there.

[22:14]  ³ sn On the expression to this day see B. Childs, “A Study of the Formula ‘Until this Day’,” JBL 82 (1963): 279-92.

[22:14]  ⁴ sn The saying connected with these events has some ambiguity, which was probably intended. The Niphal verb could be translated (1) “in the mountain of the Lord it will be seen/provided” or (2) “in the mountain the Lord will appear.” If the temple later stood here (see the note on “Moriah” in Gen 22:2), the latter interpretation might find support, for the people went to the temple to appear before the Lord, who “appeared” to them by providing for them his power and blessings. See S. R. Driver, Genesis, 219.

[4:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “commanding.”

[22:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “runners.”

[22:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “their hand is.”

[22:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”

[22:18]  ⁹ tc The number is confused in the Greek ms tradition. The LXX, with the exception of the Lucianic recension, has the number 305. The Lucianic recension, along with a couple of Old Latin mss, has the number 350.