Acts 13
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Acts 13:17-22

17TheG3588 GodG2316 ofG3778 theG3588 peopleG2992 of IsraelG2474 choseG1586 ourG1473 fathersG3962. He made them into a greatG5312 peopleG2992 duringG1722 their stayG3940 inG1722 EgyptG125, andG2532 withG3326 an upliftedG5308 armG1023 He ledG1806 themG846 out ofG1537 that land. 18He endured their conductG5159G846 forG5550 aboutG5613 forty yearsG5063 inG1722 theG3588 wildernessG2048. 19AndG2532 having vanquishedG2507 sevenG2033 nationsG1484 inG1722 CanaanG5477, He gave theirG846 landG1093 to His people as an inheritanceG2624. 20All this took about 450G5071G2532G4004 yearsG2094.

AfterG3326 thisG3778, God gaveG1325 them judgesG2923 until the timeG2193 of SamuelG4545 theG3588 prophetG4396. 21ThenG2547 the people asked forG154 a kingG935, andG2532 GodG2316 gaveG1325 themG846 SaulG4549 sonG5207 of KishG2797, fromG1537 the tribeG5443 of BenjaminG958, who ruled fortyG5062 yearsG2094. 22After removingG3179 Saul, He raised upG1453 DavidG1138 asG1519 theirG846 kingG935 andG2532 testifiedG2036G3140 about him: ‘I have foundG2147 DavidG1138 son of JesseG2421 a manG435 afterG2596 MyG1473 own heartG2588; he will carry outG4160 MyG1473 willG2307 in its entiretyG3956.’1

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  1. 1. Acts 13:22 See 1 Samuel 13:14. ↩

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