21and 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;


In Context

18 and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,

19 and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.

20 And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges — till Samuel the prophet;

21 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;

22 and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

23 Of this one's seed God, according to promise, did raise to Israel a Saviour — Jesus,

Acts 13:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:21And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:21"After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. Then the people asked for a king, and he gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:21And after that they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:21And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:21And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:21And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:21And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:21Afterward 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:21And afterward they desired a king: and God gave to them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.