16. Paul got up. He motioned with his hand and said:People of Israel, and everyone else who worships God, listen!
17. The God of Israel chose our ancestors, and he let our people prosper while they were living in Egypt. Then with his mighty power he led them out,
18. and for about forty years he took care of them in the desert.
19. He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave their land to our people.
20. All this happened in about 450 years.Then God gave our people judges until the time of the prophet Samuel,
21. but the people demanded a king. So for forty years God gave them King Saul, the son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin.
22. Later, God removed Saul and let David rule in his place. God said about him, “David the son of Jesse is the kind of person who pleases me most! He does everything I want him to do.”
23. God promised that someone from David's family would come to save the people of Israel, and that one is Jesus.