Quotes About Legacy

all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.

Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.

These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name alongside the three mighty men.

Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai son of Ezbai,

Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,

Hanan son of Maacah, Joshaphat the Mithnite,

Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite,

Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

Ahiezer their chief and Joash, who were the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite;

Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;

and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.

Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbanai the eleventh.

From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.

And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.

These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,

Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.

Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: