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## Acts 13:21-22 in Context (Verses 18–25 KJV)
 
 [18 ](/kjv/acts/13/18) And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/acts/13/19) And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/acts/13/20) And after that he gave *unto them* judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/acts/13/21) 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.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/acts/13/22) 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.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/acts/13/23) Of this man’s seed hath God according to *his* promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
 
 [24 ](/kjv/acts/13/24) When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
 
 [25 ](/kjv/acts/13/25) And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not *he*. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of *his* feet I am not worthy to loose.
 
[Acts 12](/kjv/acts/12) [Acts 14](/kjv/acts/14)

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