...farther for our apology, than the words of Abiah to Jeroboam and his army: "O Jeroboam and Is" rael, hear you me : ought you not to know, that the Lord...ever, even to him, and to his sons, by a covenant of " saltt" •" that is to say, an everlasting covenant. Jesuits and papists, hear ye me : ought you...

...unto thee and thy seed with thee." And again, " 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 ?" (2 Chron. xiii. 5.) Some commentators explain this covenant by asserting that salt is an emblem...

...of inviolable friendship, according to the words (2nd Chron. xiii. 5), "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." They then resolved that a deputation should go to llegensburg to seek protection from the Protestant...

...unto thee and thy seed with thee." And again, " 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 ?" (2 Chron. xiii. 5.) Some commentators explain this covenant by asserting that salt is an emblem...

...said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel ; 5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto the covenant11 of salt? 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen...

...perpetual covenant. Thus too 2 Chron. 13. 5, 'The Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt,'' ie by the most binding and lasting engagement. See Note on Judg. 9. 45. In like manner a 'pillar of...

...said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel ; 5 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 ? 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled...

...hasteth to eat."—PAXTON. CHAPTER XIII. Ver. 5. 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 ? The Orientals were accustomed also to ratify their federal engagements by salt. This substance was,...

...for ever, 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah : and God delivered them • Num. 18. 19. even to him and to his sons 'by a covenant of salt? 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of Dainto their hand. 17 And Abijah...

...and to thy E*ed with theo. * Chron. xiil, 5. Ought ye not to know that the LOUD God of Israel pave eking him. And it came to pass, that after three dr>s, they found him in the temple, sitting BtOOD OF COVENANT. Exod. xxiv, 8. And Moses took the hlco.l, and sprinkled it on the people, and said,...