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?
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Gill's Exposition
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up,.... Notwithstanding it was well known the kingdom was entailed on the posterity of David by an everlasting…
Adam Clarke
By a covenant of salt? - For ever. "For as the waters of the sea never grow sweet, neither shall the dominion depart from the house of David." - Targum. See my note on Num 18:19 (note).
Abijah's mother was called Maachah, the daughter of Absalom, Ch2 11:20; here she is called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel. It is most probable that she was a grand-daughter of Absalom, by his…
Cambridge Bible
a covenant of salt Salt was necessary for the efficacy of a sacrifice (Lev 2:13), so that Covenant of saltbecame a phrase for a surecovenant (Num 18:19). The sacredness of the bond which is…
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