Ulangan 4:31

4:31 (for he ¹  is a merciful God), he will not let you down ²  or destroy you, for he cannot ³  forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.

Yosua 24:20

24:20 If ⁴  you abandon the Lord and worship ⁵  foreign gods, he will turn against you; ⁶  he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, ⁷  though he once treated you well.” ⁸ 

Yosua 24:2

24:2 Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors ⁹  lived beyond the Euphrates River, ¹⁰  including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped ¹¹  other gods,

1 Tawarikh 7:19

7:19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

1 Tawarikh 7:2

7:2 The sons of Tola:

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, ¹²  and Samuel. ¹³  They were leaders of their families. ¹⁴  In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records. ¹⁵ 

1 Tawarikh 15:2

15:2 Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually.

[4:31]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 4:3.

[4:31]  ² tn Heb “he will not drop you,” i.e., “will not abandon you” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[4:31]  ³ tn Or “will not.” The translation understands the imperfect verbal form to have an added nuance of capability here.

[24:20]  ⁴ tn Or “when.”

[24:20]  ⁵ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:20]  ⁶ tn The words “against you” are added for clarification.

[24:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “bring you to an end.”

[24:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “after he did good for you.”

[24:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:2]  ¹¹ tn Or “served.”

[7:2]  ¹² tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”

[7:2]  ¹³ tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.”

[7:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”

[7:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”