Ought you not to know that the Lord God of Israel (A)gave the kingship over Israel forever to David and his sons by (B)a covenant of salt? Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up (C)and rebelled against his lord, and certain (D)worthless scoundrels[a] gathered about him and defied Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was (E)young and irresolute[b] and could not withstand them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 13:7 Hebrew worthless men, sons of Belial
  2. 2 Chronicles 13:7 Hebrew soft of heart

Don’t you know that the Lord, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever(A) by a covenant of salt?(B) Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, an official of Solomon son of David, rebelled(C) against his master. Some worthless scoundrels(D) gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young and indecisive(E) and not strong enough to resist them.

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