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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] Yet Jeroboam, son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon, son of David, arose and rebelled against his lord!(A) Worthless men, scoundrels, joined him and overcame Rehoboam, son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and inexperienced, and no match for them.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:5 Covenant of salt: see note on Nm 18:19.