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.
22. After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’
23. “From this man’s descendants God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as he promised.
24. Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of Israel.
25. As John was completing his work, he said: ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not the one you are looking for. But there is one coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’