20 This all took about 450 years. After this, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.(A) 21 Then they asked for a king, so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years.(B) 22 After removing him,(C) He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man loyal to Me,(D)[a] who will carry out all My will.’

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