Quotes about Inheritance
Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
— 2 Samuel 5:16
“Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
— 2 Samuel 9:7
Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
— 2 Samuel 9:9
And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.
— 2 Samuel 9:11
Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
— 2 Samuel 10:1
For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’
— 2 Samuel 14:16
“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
— 2 Samuel 16:3
So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
— 2 Samuel 16:4
The king replied, “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.”
— 2 Samuel 19:29
And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
— 2 Samuel 19:30
Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
— 2 Samuel 20:1
So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”
— 2 Samuel 21:3