17. The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors; he made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt; with mighty power he led them out of that country;
18. for about forty years he endured their conduct in the wilderness;
19. and he overthrew seven nations in Canaan, giving their land to his people as their 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 he gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.