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Acts 13:21

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KJV ORIGINAL

And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

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After that, they wanted a king to rule over them. So God gave them Saul, whose dad was Kish from the tribe of Benjamin, and he ruled for forty years.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes God gives you exactly what you ask for, even when it's not what you actually need.

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Abner also spoke privately with the people of Benjamin. Then Abner went to David in Hebron to tell him everything that Israel and the whole tribe of Benjamin thought was right.

And Jacob their father said to them, 'You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone, and Simeon is gone, and now you want to take Benjamin away. All of these troubles are happening to me.'

And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, 'Look, my own son, who came from my own body, is trying to kill me. So how much more might this man from Benjamin want to do the same? Leave him alone and let him curse me, because the LORD has told him to do it.'

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