John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 13:5

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Ought you not to know, etc.] They did know what he afterwards says, but he would have them consider and acknowledge it: that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever; to him and his seed, particularly to the Messiah, that should spring from him; but whether Abijah had this in view is a question, (see <100713>2 Samuel 7:13,16) even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? that is, a perpetual one, which was inviolable, and never to be made void; called so, because salt preserves from corruption and putrefaction, and because made use of in sacrifices offered when covenants were made; the Targum is, “as salt waters, which never lose their saltness.”

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