20. “And after that He gave judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Shemu’ĕl the prophet.
21. “But then they asked for a sovereign, and Elohim gave them Sha’ul the son of Qish, a man of the tribe of Binyamin, for forty years.
22. “And having removed him, He raised up for them Dawiḏ as sovereign, to whom also He gave witness and said, ‘I have found Dawiḏ the son of Yishai, a man after My own heart, who shall do all My desires.’
23. “From this one’s seed, according to the promise, Elohim raised up for Yisra’ĕl a Saviour, יהושע,
24. after Yoḥanan had first proclaimed the immersion of repentance to all the people of Yisra’ĕl, before His coming.
25. “And as Yoḥanan was completing his mission, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not He. But see, there comes One after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.’
26. “Men, brothers, sons of the race of Aḇraham, and those among you fearing Elohim, to you the word of this deliverance has been sent,