Acts 13:16-23

16And Paul, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear 1God, hearken.

17The 2God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people in their sojourn in [the] land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought them out of it,

18and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.

19And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

20And after these things he gave [them] judges till Samuel the prophet, [to the end of] about four hundred and fifty years.

21And then they asked for a king, and 3God gave to them Saul, son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years.

22And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

23Of this man's seed according to promise has 4God brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;