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21 When they demanded a king, God gave them Kish’s son Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years. 22 Then God[a] removed Saul[b] and made David their king, about whom he testified, ‘I have found that David, the son of Jesse, is a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my wishes.’[c] 23 It was from this man’s descendants that God, as he promised, brought to Israel a Savior, who is Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:22 Lit. But he
  2. Acts 13:22 Lit. him
  3. Acts 13:22 Cf. Ps 89:20; 1 Sam 13:14