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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

2 Chronicles 13:5 → 1 Chronicles 17:14

Allusion

Later text

2 Chronicles 13:5BSB

Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?

Earlier text

1 Chronicles 17:14BSB

But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever."

Significance

Abijah's battle speech appeals to the Davidic covenant by declaring that "the LORD, the God of Israel, gave the kingship over Israel to David forever, by a covenant of salt" (berit melach, 2 Chr 13:5). This phrase alludes to the Nathan oracle preserved in 1 Chronicles 17:14, where God promises David's descendant "I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever." The "covenant of salt" metaphor—indicating permanence and inviolability—interprets the Davidic promise as unconditional and unbreakable, providing theological ammunition against Jeroboam's rival claim to legitimate rule.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme