16And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.
17The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.
18And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.
19And having put to destruction seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them the land for their heritage for about four hundred and fifty years.
20And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet.
21Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.
22And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.
