17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt. With uplifted arm he led them out of it
18 and for about forty years he put up with them in the desert.
19 When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance
20 at the end of about four hundred and fifty years. After these things he provided judges up to Samuel [the] prophet.
21 Then they asked for a king. God gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
22 Then he removed him and raised up David as their king; of him he testified, ‘I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will carry out my every wish.’
23 From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise, has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.