2 Chronicles 13:5

³ Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.

⁴ Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!

Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt ?

⁶ Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.

⁷ Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt ?
KJV: Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
WEB: Ought you not to know that the LORD, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
ASV: Ought ye not to know that Jehovah, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
DARBY: Ought ye not to know that Jehovah the God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, to him and to his sons [by] a covenant of salt?
BLB: is [it] not for you⁺ to know that YHWH, God of Israel, gave the dominion to David over Israel forever, to him and his sons, by a covenant of salt?

ÅB: Skulle dere ikke vite at Herren, Israels Gud, har gitt David kongedømmet over Israel til evig tid, ham og hans sønner, ved en saltpakt[^1]?
OTB: Er dere ikke klar over at Herren, Israels Gud, ga kongedømmet over Israel til David og hans etterkommere for alltid gjennom en bindende pakt?
B1930: Skulde I ikke vite at Herren, Israels Gud, har gitt David kongedømmet over Israel til evig tid, ham og hans sønner, ved en saltpakt? / < 4MO 18, 19.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Numbers 18:19
All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
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Leviticus 2:13
And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.
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2 Samuel 7:12–16
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
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Mark 9:49–50
For everyone will be salted with fire.
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Luke 1:31–33
Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
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Psalms 89:19–37
You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
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1 Kings 8:20
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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1 Chronicles 17:14
But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”
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