Acts 13:16-22

16 Standing up, Paul motioned with his hand and said: “Fellow Israelites and you Gentiles who worship God, listen to me!

17 The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors; he made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt; with mighty power he led them out of that country;

18 for about forty years he endured their conduct^[a] in the wilderness;

19 and he overthrew seven nations in Canaan, giving their land to his people as their inheritance.

20 All this took about 450 years. “After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

21 Then the people asked for a king, and he gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

22 After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’

Cross References

• 1. S Acts 12:17
• 2. Exodus 6:6,7; Deuteronomy 7:6-8
• 3. Deuteronomy 1:31
• 4. Numbers 14:33; Psalms 95:10; Acts 7:36
• 5. Deuteronomy 7:1
• 6. Joshua 19:51; Acts 7:45
• 7. Psalms 78:55
• 8. Judges 2:16
• 9. 1 Samuel 3:19,20; Acts 3:24
• 10. 1 Samuel 8:5,19
• 11. 1 Samuel 10:1
• 12. 1 Samuel 9:1,2
• 13. 1 Samuel 15:23,26
• 14. 1 Samuel 16:13; Psalms 89:20
• 15. 1 Samuel 13:14; Jeremiah 3:15
• 16. Isaiah 44:28

Footnotes

• [a] Some manuscripts "he cared for them"