Acts 13:20-22

EasyEnglish Bible

²⁰ All of these things happened during about 450 years.

After this, God gave to his people leaders who were called judges. They ruled Israel until the time when God's prophet Samuel was alive. ²¹ Then the people of Israel asked Samuel to choose a king for them. So God gave Saul to them as their king. Saul was the son of Kish and he was from the tribe of Benjamin. He ruled Israel for 40 years. ²² Then God removed Saul as king. He caused David to be their king instead.^[a] God said this about David: “I have watched David, the son of Jesse. He does things that make me happy. I know that he will do everything that I want.”