Acts 13:16-23

¹⁶So Paul rose and, motioning with his hand, said: “People of Israel and all here who worship God, hear what I have to say.

¹⁷The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, and during their stay in Egypt increased the prosperity of the people, and then with uplifted arm brought them out from that land.

¹⁸For about forty years he bore with them in the desert;

¹⁹then, after destroying seven heathen nations in Canaan, he allotted their land to this people —

²⁰For about four hundred and fifty years. In later times he gave them Judges, of whom the prophet Samuel was the last.

²¹And, when they demanded a king, God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.

²²After removing him, he raised David to the throne, and bore this testimony to him — ‘In David, the son of Jesse, I have found a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my purposes.’

²³It was from this man's descendants that God, in accordance with his promise, gave Israel a Savior — Jesus;