2 Chronicles 13:4-6

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁴ And Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!

⁵ Ought you not to know that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the kingship over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

⁶ Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord [the king].