2 Chronicles 13:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, to him and his sons by a covenant of salt?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲלֹ֤א לָכֶם֙ לָדַ֔עַת כִּ֞י יְהוָ֣ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל נָתַ֨ן מַמְלָכָ֧ה לְדָוִ֛יד עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְעוֹלָ֑ם ל֥וֹ וּלְבָנָ֖יו בְּרִ֥ית מֶֽלַח׃ ס

Transliteration

hă-not for-you to-ḏā'ath that YHWH 'ĕlōhê Yiśrā'ēl nāthan mamlāḵāh to-Dāwiḏ upon-Yiśrā'ēl to-'ôlām, to-him û-to-bānāyw bərîth melaḥ ס

Grammar Details

• *hă*-: interrogative particle
• *ḏā'ath*: Qal infinitive construct - to know
• *YHWH*: proper name - YHWH, the LORD
• *'ĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct - God of
• *Yiśrā'ēl*: proper name - Israel
• *nāthan*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - gave, granted
• *mamlāḵāh*: feminine singular - kingdom, sovereignty
• *Dāwiḏ*: proper name - David
• *'ôlām*: masculine singular - forever, eternity
• *û*-: conjunction - and
• *bānāyw*: masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sons
• *bərîth*: feminine singular construct - covenant of
• *melaḥ*: masculine singular - salt

Word Meanings

• *ḏā'ath*: to know, to understand, to recognize
• *nāthan*: gave, granted, bestowed
• *mamlāḵāh*: kingdom, kingship, sovereignty
• *'ôlām*: forever, eternity, perpetuity
• *bərîth*: covenant, agreement, treaty
• *melaḥ*: salt (signifying permanence)

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Don’t you know that the LORD, the God of Israel, gave the kingship over Israel forever to David and his descendants by a covenant of salt?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Ought ye not to know{H3045} that Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} gave{H5414} the kingdom{H4467} over Israel{H3478} to David{H1732} for ever,{H5769} even to him and to his sons{H1121} by a covenant{H1285} of salt?{H4417}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Ought ye not to know{H3045}{(H8800)} that the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} gave{H5414}{(H8804)} the kingdom{H4467} over Israel{H3478} to David{H1732} for ever{H5769}, even to him and to his sons{H1121} by a covenant{H1285} of salt{H4417}?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Knowe ye not that the LORDE God of Israel hath geuen Dauid ye kyngdome of Israel for euer, vnto him and his sonnes with a Salt couenaunt?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Ought you not to know that the Lord God of Israel hath giuen the kingdome ouer Israel to Dauid for euer, euen to him and to his sonnes by a couenant of salt?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Do not you knowe how that the Lord God of Israel gaue the kingdome ouer them of Israel to Dauid for euer, euen to him and to his sonnes, with a salted couenaunt?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Is it not for you to know that Jehovah, God of Israel, hath given the kingdom to David over Israel to the age, to him and to his sons -- a covenant of salt?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ought ye not to know that Jehovah, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ought ye not to know that Jehovah, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Is it not clear to you that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel to David and to his sons for ever, by an agreement made with salt?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Don’t you realize that the LORD God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal covenant?

Referenced Verses

• Lev 2:13 : 13 And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.
• Num 18:19 : 19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD to you and to your seed with you.
• 2 Sam 7:12-16 : 12 And when your days are fulfilled, and you shall rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall come out of your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 15 But my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.
• Mark 9:49-50 : 49 For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt. 50 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another.
• Luke 1:31-33 : 31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son, and shall call His name JESUS. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.
• Judg 11:21-24 : 21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. 22 And they possessed all the borders of the Amorites, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to Jordan. 23 So now the LORD God of Israel has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess it? 24 Will you not possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever the LORD our God drives out from before us, them will we possess.
• 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 And the LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.
• 1 Sam 16:12 : 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and with a beautiful countenance, and good to look upon. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
• 1 Kgs 8:20 : 20 And the LORD has performed his word that he spoke, and I have risen up in place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
• 1 Chr 17:11 : 11 And it shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
• 1 Chr 17:14 : 14 But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established forevermore.
• 1 Chr 28:4-5 : 4 However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel: 5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
• Neh 5:9 : 9 Also I said, What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
• Ps 89:19-37 : 19 Then you spoke in a vision to your holy one, and said, I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. 20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him: 21 With whom my hand shall be established; my arm also shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague those who hate him. 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him, and in my name his horn shall be exalted. 25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 26 He shall cry to me, You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. 27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. 28 My mercy I will keep for him forevermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also I will make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments; 31 If they break my statutes and do not keep my commandments; 32 Then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David. 36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established forever like the moon, and like a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
• Prov 1:29 : 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD;
• Jer 27:5-7 : 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed right to me. 6 And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field I have given him also to serve him. 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his grandson, until the very time of his land comes: and then many nations and great kings shall enslave him.
• Jer 33:21-22 : 21 Then my covenant may also be broken with David my servant, so that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me.
• Jer 33:26 : 26 Then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
• Ezek 43:24 : 24 You shall offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall throw salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.
• Dan 4:25-32 : 25 That they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will. 26 And as they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; your kingdom shall be sure to you, after you have known that the heavens do rule. 27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of your tranquility. 28 All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. 30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty? 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken; The kingdom has departed from you. 32 And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make you eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will.
• Dan 5:18 : 18 O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, majesty, glory, and honor.
• 2 Pet 3:5 : 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens existed of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: