Deuteronomy 28:10

Hebrew Bible

9 The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him. 10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the Lord, and they will respect you. 11 The Lord will greatly multiply your children, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land that he promised your ancestors he would give you.

1 Kings 8:43

Hebrew Bible

42 When they hear about your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple. 43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, obey you as your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. 44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the Lord toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,

 Notes and References

"... The second phrase used in 1 Maccabees that belongs to broadly defined Deuteronomic expressions is “so that all the peoples of the earth will know”. (Compare Deuteronomy 28:10; Joshua 4:24; 1 Kings 8:43, 60) This phrase is generally used in a context related to a special act or event that will bring the recognition of the one God of Israel to the nations. It can also be tied to a request, as at 1 Kings 8:43, where Solomon asks Yahweh to hear the prayers of foreigners at the Jerusalem temple. In 1 Maccabees, a very similar phrase is used at 4:11. Judas first speaks to his troops and encourages them before battle by reminding them of divine favor (4:8–9). He then exhorts his followers to cry to Heaven to ask whether the divine will destroy the approaching army with the result that “all the nations will know that there is one who redeems and saves Israel”. The pertinent part of the phrase is translated nearly identically to the LXX translations of Joshua 4:24 and 1 Kings 8:43. The only difference is that these contain the conjunction and follow with the verb in the subjunctive mood ..."

Borchardt, Francis "The Deuteronomic Legacy of 1 Maccabees" in Weissenberg, Hanne von, et al. (eds.) Changes in Scripture: Rewriting and Interpreting Authoritative Traditions in the Second Temple Period (pp. 297-319) De Gruyter, 2011

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