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20 at the end of about four hundred and fifty years.[a] After that, he appointed judges for them until the time of the prophet Samuel.

21 “Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin. He reigned for forty years, 22 after which God removed him and raised up David as their king. In commending him, he said, ‘I have found David, the son of Jesse, to be a man after my own heart. He will carry out my every wish.’

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:20 Four hundred and fifty years: this could also refer to the period of the Judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.