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?
wheþer ye knowen not, þat þe Lord God of Israel yaf to Dauid þe rewme on Israel with outen ende, to hym and to hise sones in to þe couenaunt of salt, þat is, stidefast and stable?