Ulangan 28:1-2

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed ¹  obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving ²  you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth. 28:2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance ³  if you obey the Lord your God:

1 Samuel 5:12

5:12 The people ⁴  who did not die were struck with sores; the city’s cry for help went all the way up to heaven.

1 Samuel 5:1

The Ark Causes Trouble for the Philistines

5:1 Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

1 Tawarikh 14:2

14:2 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated ⁵  his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

Mazmur 89:28

89:28 I will always extend my loyal love to him,

and my covenant with him is secure. ⁶ 

[28:1]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

[28:1]  ² tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).

[28:2]  ³ tn Heb “come upon you and overtake you” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “come upon you and accompany you.”

[5:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “men.”

[14:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “was lifted upwards.”

[89:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “forever I will keep for him my loyal love and will make my covenant secure for him.”