Acts 13:21
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.
In context
19 And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an 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 God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.
22 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.
Acts 13:21 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And afterward they asked for a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And then they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul, son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And afterward they desired a king: and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.