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Acts 13:20-22
Complete Jewish Bible
Acts 13:20-22
Complete Jewish Bible
20 All this took about 450 years. After that, he gave them judges,[a] down to the prophet Sh’mu’el. 21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Sha’ul Ben-Kish, a man from the tribe of Binyamin. After forty years, 22 God removed him and raised up David as king for them, making his approval known with these words, ‘I found David Ben-Yishai to be a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want.’[b]
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- Acts 13:20 Judges 2:16
- Acts 13:22 Psalm 89:21(20); 1 Samuel 13:14
Acts 13:20-22
New International Version
Acts 13:20-22
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20 All this took about 450 years.
“After this, God gave them judges(A) until the time of Samuel the prophet.(B) 21 Then the people asked for a king,(C) and he gave them Saul(D) son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin,(E) who ruled forty years. 22 After removing Saul,(F) he made David their king.(G) God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart;(H) he will do everything I want him to do.’(I)
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