Acts 13:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.”
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“All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges--till Samuel the prophet;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 13:20 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 2:16Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.
- Judges 3:10The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
- Ruth 1:1In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
- 1 Samuel 3:20So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 12:11So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
- 2 Samuel 7:11and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
- 2 Kings 23:22No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 17:6In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
- Acts 3:24Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.
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