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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
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Intertextuality Pair

2 Chronicles 13:5 → Numbers 18:19

Quotation

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

Numbers 18:19BSB

All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring."

Significance

Numbers 18:19 designates the priestly offerings as a בְּרִית מֶלַח (berit melach, "covenant of salt") -- an irrevocable, permanent covenant guaranteeing the priests' portion forever. 2 Chronicles 13:5 applies the identical phrase to the Davidic dynasty: "the LORD, the God of Israel, gave the kingship over Israel to David forever, to him and his sons, by a covenant of salt." The shared technical term creates a deliberate parallel between priestly and royal perpetuity. Abijah uses this language in his speech against Jeroboam to argue that both the legitimate priesthood and the legitimate monarchy are permanently secured by divine covenant -- challenging the Northern Kingdom's alternative cult and kingship.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme