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And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years.
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And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
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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.
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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.'
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Of this man's posterity God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.
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Before his coming John had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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And as John was finishing his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'
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"Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
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For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning him.
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Though they could charge him with nothing deserving death, yet they asked Pilate to have him killed.
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And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.