Acts 13:21

21 Then 1they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul 2the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Acts 13:21 In-Context

19 And after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.
20 All this took about 450 years. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
22 And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'
23 Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 1 Samuel 8:5; 1 Samuel 10:1
  • 2. 1 Samuel 9:1, 2
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