Quotes About Legacy

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.

And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.

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

Some time later, Nahash king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son.

And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when Davidís servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,

And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.

Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.

“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,

Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would.

Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:

When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.

As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.

All these sons of Heman the kingís seer were given him through the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

And Obed-edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.