2 Chronicles 13:5-7
13:5 Don’t you realize that the Lord God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal agreement? 1
13:6 Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.
13:7 Lawless good-for-nothing men 2 gathered around him and conspired 3 against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man 4 and could not resist them.
1 tn Heb “Do you not know that the Lord God of Israel has given kingship to David over Israel permanently, to him and to his sons [by] a covenant of salt?”
sn For other references to a “covenant of salt,” see Lev 2:13 and Num 18:19.
2 tn Heb “empty men, sons of wickedness.”
3 tn Heb “strengthened themselves.”
4 tn Heb “a young man and tender of heart.”