Acts 13:22
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 God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.
After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’
23 From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
24 Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’
- KJV
- And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
- WEB
- When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’
- ASV
- And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who shall do all My will.
- DARBY
- And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.
- BLB
- And having removed him, He raised up David to them as king, to whom He also said, having testified: ‘I have found David the [son] of Jesse a man according to My heart, who will do all My will.’
- ÅB
- og etter at han hadde avsatt ham, oppreiste han dem David til konge, som han også gav dette vitnesbyrd: Jeg fant David, Isais sønn, en mann etter mitt hjerte; han skal gjøre all min vilje.
- OTB
- Etter at Han avsatte ham, reiste Han opp David til å være deres konge. Gud vitnet om ham: 'Jeg har funnet David, sønn av Isai, en mann etter mitt eget hjerte; han vil gjøre alt jeg vil han skal gjøre.'
- B1930
- og efterat han hadde avsatt ham, opreiste han dem David til konge, som han også gav dette vidnesbyrd: Jeg fant David, Isais sønn, en mann efter mitt hjerte; han skal gjøre all min vilje.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 13:13–14
“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
Read in context1 Kings 15:5
For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
Read in context1 Samuel 16:13
So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
Read in contextPsalms 78:70–72
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
Read in context1 Samuel 16:1
Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
Read in contextEzekiel 37:24–25
My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
Read in context1 Samuel 15:28
So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
Read in contextPsalms 89:19–37
You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
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