Acts 13:21

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Cross References

1 Samuel 10:1

THEN SAMUEL took the vial of oil and poured it on Saul's head and kissed him and said, Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over His heritage Israel?

1 Samuel 11:15

All the people went to Gilgal and there they made Saul king before the Lord. And there they sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

1 Samuel 15:1

SAMUEL TOLD Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now listen and heed the words of the Lord.

1 Samuel 8:5

And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint us a king to rule over us like all the other nations.

1 Samuel 9:1

THERE WAS a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of wealth and valor.

1 Samuel 9:15

Now a day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed to Samuel in his ear,