Acts 13:17-22

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁷ The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, exalted the people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty^[a] arm.^{(A) 18} And for about 40 years He put up with them^[b] in the wilderness;^{(B) 19} then after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan,^(C) He gave their land to them as an inheritance. ²⁰ This all took about 450 years. After this, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.^{(D) 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.^{(E) 22} After removing him,^(F) He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man loyal to Me,^(G)[c] who will carry out all My will.’