Acts 13:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And after that he gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

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  • Judg 2:16 : 16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
  • 1 Sam 3:20 : 20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 12:11 : 11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you dwelled safe.
  • 2 Sam 7:11 : 11 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house.
  • 2 Kgs 23:22 : 22 Surely there was not held such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah.
  • 1 Chr 17:6 : 6 Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
  • Acts 3:24 : 24 Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
  • Judg 3:10 : 10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
  • Ruth 1:1 : 1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

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    21And afterward they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

  • Acts 13:18-19
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    18And for about forty years he cared for them in the wilderness.

    19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

  • 1 Sam 7:15-16
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    15And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

    16And he went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places.

  • 1 Sam 8:1
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    1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

  • Judg 15:20
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    20He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.

  • Judg 2:18-19
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    18And when the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings due to those who oppressed them and vexed them.

    19And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and to bow down to them; they did not cease from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

  • Judg 13:1
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    1And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

  • Judg 2:16
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    16Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.

  • 1 Sam 8:4-7
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    4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together, and came to Samuel at Ramah,

    5And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

    6But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the LORD.

    7And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

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    40Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

  • 1 Sam 13:15
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    15Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 12:11
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    11And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you dwelled safe.

  • 1 Sam 8:9-11
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    9Now therefore listen to their voice: however, you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the manner of the king who shall reign over them.

    10And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked of him a king.

    11And he said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for his own use, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

  • Neh 9:30
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    30Yet for many years You had patience with them and testified against them by Your Spirit in Your prophets. Yet they would not give ear; therefore, You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

  • 1 Sam 7:13
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    13So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the territory of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 12:1
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    1And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

  • 1 Sam 13:1
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    1Saul reigned for one year; and when he had reigned for two years over Israel,

  • Acts 7:6
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    6And God spoke in this way, that his descendants would dwell in a strange land, and that they would bring them into bondage, and treat them poorly for four hundred years.

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    3And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, who judged Israel for twenty-two years.

  • Judg 4:4
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    4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

  • Heb 11:32
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    32And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:

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    15Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,

    16Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people from the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry has come to me.

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    13And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: for now the LORD would have established your kingdom upon Israel forever.

  • 1 Sam 8:19
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    19Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

  • 1 Sam 8:22
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    22And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Each of you go to your city.

  • 1 Sam 12:6
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    6And Samuel said to the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
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    10Then came the word of the LORD to Samuel, saying,

  • 2 Sam 7:11
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    11And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house.

  • Acts 3:24
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    24Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

  • 1 Kgs 11:42
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    42And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

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    20And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 10:19
    64%

    19And you have this day rejected your God, who Himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

  • Acts 7:42
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    42Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did you offer to me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

  • 1 Sam 12:13
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    13Now therefore behold the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have desired! and, behold, the LORD has set a king over you.

  • Hos 13:10
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    10I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all your cities? and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes?

  • Judg 16:31
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    31And his brothers and all his father's house came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years.

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    2And the leaders of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

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    20So it came to pass, when the time had come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.