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18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
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for about forty years he endured their conduct in the wilderness;
19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
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and he overthrew seven nations in Canaan, giving their land to his people as their inheritance.
20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
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All this took about 450 years. “After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
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Then the people asked for a king, and he gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.
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