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<a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/13.htm">New Living Translation</a> Don’t you realize that the LORD, the God of Israel, made a lasting covenant with David, giving him and his descendants the throne of Israel forever? <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> Ought you not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt? <a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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? <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/13.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/13.htm">New King James Version</a> Should you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the dominion over Israel to David forever, to him and his sons, by a covenant of salt? <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Do you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt? <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Do you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt? <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Do you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt? <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Do you not know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt? <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Do you not know that the LORD God of Israel, gave rule over Israel forever to David and to his sons by a covenant of salt [a permanent pact, extending to each generation of Israel]? <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Don’t you know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt? <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Don&#8217t you know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt? <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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? <a href="/cev/2_chronicles/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD God of Israel has made a solemn promise that every king of Israel will be from David's family. <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> Ought ye not to know that the LORD, 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? <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Don't you know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom of Israel to David and his descendants forever in a permanent promise? <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Don't you know that the LORD, the God of Israel, made an unbreakable covenant with David, giving him and his descendants kingship over Israel forever? <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> Don't you know that the LORD God of Israel assigned the kingship over Israel to David and his descendants forever by a salt covenant? <a href="/msb/2_chronicles/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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? <a href="/net/2_chronicles/13.htm">NET Bible</a> Don't you realize that the LORD God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal agreement? <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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 descendants by a covenant of salt? <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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? <a href="/web/2_chronicles/13.htm">World English Bible</a> Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Is it not for you to know that YHWH, God of Israel, has given the kingdom over Israel to David for all time, to him and to his sons—a covenant of salt? <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Is it not for you to know that Jehovah, God of Israel, hath given the kingdom to David over Israel to the age, to him and to his sons -- a covenant of salt? <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Is it not to you to know that Jehovah God of Israel gave the kingdom to David over Israel forever, to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Do you not know that the Lord God of Israel gave to David the kingdom over Israel for ever, to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Are you ignorant that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave David the kingship over Israel for all time, to him and to his sons, by a covenant of salt? <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/13.htm">New American Bible</a> Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given David kingship over Israel forever, to him and to his sons, by a covenant of salt? <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Do you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Perhaps you 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 pertaining to the kingship. <a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Doubtless you are aware that LORD JEHOVAH God of Israel gave the Kingdom to David over Israel for eternity, to him and to his sons as a covenant of the King.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> ought ye not to know that the LORD, 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? <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Is it not for you to know that the Lord God of Israel has given a king over Israel for ever to David, and to his sons, by a covenant of salt? <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=3025" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/13.htm">Civil War Against Jeroboam</a> 4Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel! 5<a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: hă·lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Do you not</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: lā·ḏa·‘aṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯan (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">has given</a> <a href="/hebrew/4467.htm" title="4467: mam·lā·ḵāh (N-fs) -- Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign. From malak; dominion, i.e. the estate or the country.">the kingship</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: lə·ḏā·wîḏ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">to David</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·lə·ḇā·nāw (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and his descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: lə·‘ō·w·lām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">forever</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rîṯ (N-fsc) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">by a covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/4417.htm" title="4417: me·laḥ (N-ms) -- Salt. From malach; properly, powder, i.e. salt">of salt?</a> 6Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a> I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name. <a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm">1 Kings 12:20</a> When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David. <a href="/1_kings/12-21.htm">1 Kings 12:21</a> And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon. <a href="/1_kings/12-24.htm">1 Kings 12:24</a> that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD. <a href="/1_kings/14-21.htm">1 Kings 14:21</a> Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. <a href="/1_samuel/16-13.htm">1 Samuel 16:13</a> So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah. <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a> 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. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. ... <a href="/2_samuel/7-25.htm">2 Samuel 7:25-29</a> And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised, / so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You. / For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You. ... <a href="/psalms/89-3.htm">Psalm 89:3-4</a> You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: / ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah <a href="/psalms/89-35.htm">Psalm 89:35-37</a> Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David— / his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, / like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah <a href="/psalms/132-11.htm">Psalm 132:11-12</a> The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne. / If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.” <a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm">Isaiah 9:7</a> Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this. <a href="/jeremiah/33-17.htm">Jeremiah 33:17</a> For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, <a href="/matthew/1-1.htm">Matthew 1:1</a> This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: <a href="/matthew/1-6.htm">Matthew 1:6</a> and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Ought you 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?Ought you not<a href="/nehemiah/5-9.htm">Nehemiah 5:9</a> Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?<a href="/proverbs/1-29.htm">Proverbs 1:29</a> For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:<a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">2 Peter 3:5</a> For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:the Lord<a href="/judges/11-21.htm">Judges 11:21-24</a> And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country… <a href="/jeremiah/27-5.htm">Jeremiah 27:5-7</a> I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me… <a href="/daniel/4-25.htm">Daniel 4:25-32</a> That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will… to David<a href="/1_samuel/16-1.htm">1 Samuel 16:1,12</a> And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons… <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a> And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom… <a href="/1_kings/8-20.htm">1 Kings 8:20</a> And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.a covenant of salt<a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13</a> And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.<a href="/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19</a> All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.<a href="/ezekiel/43-24.htm">Ezekiel 43:24</a> And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">Age</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-11.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-2.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-14.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-16.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-8.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/10-7.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-10.htm">Kingship</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-2.htm">Ought</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-12.htm">Salt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/20-7.htm">Age</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-12.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/ezra/4-18.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-12.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-6.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-8.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-7.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-8.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-14.htm">Kingship</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-9.htm">Ought</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-5.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-11.htm">Salt</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 13</div>1. <a href="/2_chronicles/13-1.htm">Abijah succeeding makes war against Jeroboam</a> 4. <a href="/2_chronicles/13-4.htm">he declares the right of his cause</a> 13. <a href="/2_chronicles/13-13.htm">Trusting in God, he overcomes Jeroboam</a> 21. <a href="/2_chronicles/13-21.htm">The wives and children of Abijah</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_chronicles/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Do you not know This phrase serves as a rhetorical question, emphasizing the importance of the knowledge being imparted. It suggests that the information should be common knowledge among the people, highlighting its foundational nature in Israel's history and identity.that the LORD, the God of Israel, This identifies the LORD as the covenant God of Israel, emphasizing His sovereignty and the special relationship He has with the nation. It underscores the divine authority behind the statement, reminding the audience of God's past actions and promises to Israel.has given the kingship of Israel This refers to the divine right and authority bestowed upon David and his lineage. The kingship is not a human institution but a divine appointment, highlighting the theocratic nature of Israel's monarchy. It reflects God's choice and His active role in establishing leadership.to David and his descendants This phrase points to the Davidic Covenant, where God promised David that his throne would be established forever (<a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a>). It underscores the legitimacy of David's line and the expectation of a future ruler from his lineage, which Christians see fulfilled in Jesus Christ.forever The term "forever" indicates the eternal nature of God's promise. It suggests a perpetual dynasty, which is ultimately fulfilled in the eternal reign of Christ, a descendant of David, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm">Isaiah 9:7</a> and affirmed in the New Testament (<a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a>).by a covenant of salt? A "covenant of salt" signifies a binding and enduring agreement. Salt was a symbol of preservation and permanence in ancient Near Eastern cultures. This covenant underscores the unbreakable and lasting nature of God's promise to David, reflecting the seriousness and sacredness of divine covenants.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who establishes and maintains His promises. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation chosen by God, consisting of the twelve tribes, with a special focus on the united kingdom under David. 3. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The second king of Israel, chosen by God, whose lineage was promised the eternal kingship. 4. <a href="/topical/d/descendants_of_david.htm">Descendants of David</a> The royal lineage through which God promised to establish His kingdom, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ. 5. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_of_salt.htm">Covenant of Salt</a> A binding and enduring agreement, symbolizing preservation and permanence, often used in ancient Near Eastern cultures.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_faithfulness_of_god.htm">The Faithfulness of God</a> God's promises are unchanging and reliable. The "covenant of salt" signifies the enduring nature of His commitments. Believers can trust in God's faithfulness in their own lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_davidic_covenant.htm">The Davidic Covenant</a> Understanding the significance of God's promise to David helps us see the continuity of God's plan throughout Scripture, culminating in Jesus Christ, the eternal King. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_jesus_as_king.htm">The Role of Jesus as King</a> Jesus, as the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant, reigns as the eternal King. Believers are called to submit to His authority and live under His lordship. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_salt_in_covenants.htm">Symbolism of Salt in Covenants</a> Salt, as a preservative, symbolizes the lasting nature of God's promises. Christians are called to be "the salt of the earth," preserving and promoting God's truth in the world. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_relationships.htm">The Importance of Covenant Relationships</a> Just as God is faithful to His covenants, believers are encouraged to honor their commitments and relationships, reflecting God's character in their interactions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 13</a> <a href="/q/why_is_abijah_more_faithful_in_chronicles.htm">2 Chronicles 13 compared with 1 Kings 15:3 – Why does Abijah appear more faithful in Chronicles than in Kings, and what might explain this seeming discrepancy? </a> <a href="/q/ark_to_jerusalem__before_or_after_philistines.htm">When did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before defeating the Philistines or after? After (2 Samuel 5 and 6) Before (I Chronicles 13 and 14)</a> <a href="/q/2_chr_13_17_-_is_500k_deaths_symbolic.htm">2 Chronicles 13:17 – Does the claim of 500,000 casualties suggest an exaggerated or symbolic figure rather than literal history? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_'seasoned_with_salt'_mean.htm">What does "seasoned with salt" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) Ought ye not to know.--Literally, is it not to you to know? A construction characteristic of the chronicler. Abijah contrasts the moral position of his adversaries with his own, asserting (1) that their separate political existence is itself an act of rebellion against Jehovah; (2) that they have abolished the only legitimate form of worship, and established in its place an illegal cultus and priesthood; whereas (3) he and his people have maintained the orthodox ritual and ministry, and are therefore assured of the divine support.By a covenant of salt.--As or after the manner of a covenant of salt, i.e., a firm and unalterable compact (see <a href="/numbers/18-19.htm" title="All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD to you and to your seed with you.">Numbers 18:19</a>). According to ancient custom, salt was indispensable at formal meals for the ratification of friendship and alliance; and only a "salt treaty "was held to be secure. Salt therefore accompanied sacrifices, as being, in fact, so many renewals of the covenant between man and God. (<a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm" title="And every oblation of your meat offering shall you season with salt; neither shall you suffer the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meat offering: with all your offerings you shall offer salt.">Leviticus 2:13</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/43-24.htm" title="And you shall offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to the LORD.">Ezekiel 43:24</a>; <a href="/leviticus/24-7.htm" title="And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to the LORD.">Leviticus 24:7</a> in the LXX.)The antique phrase, "covenant of salt," is otherwise important, as bearing on the authenticity of this speech.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 5-12. - The idea of Abijah in this religious harangue, addressed or supposed to be addressed to the kingdom of the ten tribes, was good, and the execution was spirited. While, however, he preaches well to others, there are not wanting signs that he can blind himself as to some failure of practice on his own part. The points of the argument running through his harangue are correct, skilfully chosen, and well and religiously thrust home on the heart of his supposed audience. The practical trust of himself and his army are testified to in vers. 14, 15, and abundantly rewarded. This sequel-practical trust is the best credential of the sincerity of his foregoing appeal and harangue. Verse 5. - Gave the kingdom... to David for ever. With the thrice-repeated "for ever" of what we call <a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm">2 Samuel 7:13-16</a>, and the very emphatic language of the fifteenth verse in that passage, in the memory of Abijah, no one can say he was not justified by the letter and to the letter in what he now says. At the same time, how is it that Abijah does not in all fairness quote the matter of <a href="/2_chronicles/6-16.htm">2 Chronicles 6:16</a> last clause, and of its parallel, <a href="/1_kings/8-25.htm">1 Kings 8:25</a> last clause, and of <a href="/psalms/89-28.htm">Psalm 89:28-37</a>; <a href="/psalms/132-12.htm">Psalm 132:12</a>? Covenant of salt (see <a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13</a>; <a href="/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/43-24.htm">Ezekiel 43:24</a>; <a href="/mark/9-49.htm">Mark 9:49</a>). The use of salt was ordered first for the meal offerings, which, consisting mainly of flour, did not need it as an antiseptic; afterwards it was ordered for "all" offerings, including the "burnt offering:" as surely as leaven was proscribed, salt was prescribed (<a href="/leviticus/2-11.htm">Leviticus 2:11</a>). "The covenant of salt" meant the imperish-ableness and irrevocableness of the engagement made between the two parties to the covenant The widespread and deeply significant use of it among other and heathen nations is remarkable indeed, and is attested by Pliny ('Hist. Natal 31:41) in forcible words: "Nulla (sacra) conficiuntur sine mola salsa" (Her., 2 Sat. 3:200; Virgil, 'AEn.,' 2:133; Hom., ' Iliad,' 1:449). Some think it a sufficient explanation of the text, "covenant of salt," that, especially in the East, solemn engagements and vows were often recognized and strengthened by hospitalities, as shown to guests, and of these salt was an indispensable element. It is true that some of the ancient indications and descriptions of friendship and close friendships turned on phrases (similar ones, indeed, still existing) into which the word "salt" entered, but that these phrases arose from the fact that salt was so general a constituent of human food seems insufficient explanation, where we can find one of a more direct and more directly religious, or, as the case might be (e.g. with heathen sacrifices), superstitious birth. Religion and superstition between them have been the most world-wide, incalculable, and untraceable originators and disseminators of half the possible phrases of human language! <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Do you not הֲלֹ֤א (hă·lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no know לָדַ֔עַת (lā·ḏa·‘aṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know that כִּ֞י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the LORD, יְהוָ֣ה ׀ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the God אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc has given נָתַ֨ן (nā·ṯan) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set the kingship מַמְלָכָ֧ה (mam·lā·ḵāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4467.htm">Strong's 4467: </a> Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign of עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc to David לְדָוִ֛יד (lə·ḏā·wîḏ) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse and his descendants וּלְבָנָ֖יו (ū·lə·ḇā·nāw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son forever לְעוֹלָ֑ם (lə·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always by a covenant בְּרִ֥ית (bə·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> A covenant of salt? מֶֽלַח׃ (me·laḥ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4417.htm">Strong's 4417: </a> Powder, salt <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 13:5 Ought you not to know that Yahweh (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 13:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 13:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 13:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 13:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>