Ought you not to know that the Lord God of Israel hath given the kingdom over Israel to [a]David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant [b]of salt?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 13:5 And therefore whosoever doth usurp it or take it from that stock, transgresseth the ordinance of the Lord. Thus like an hypocrite he allegeth the word of God for his advantage.
  2. 2 Chronicles 13:5 That is, perpetual because that thing which is salted, is preserved from corruption: he meaneth also that it was made solemnly, and confirmed by offering of sacrifices, where as they used salt according as was ordained, Num. 18:19.

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