# General Information:

The quotation here is from Old Testament.

# removed him from the kingship

This expression means God caused Saul to stop being king. Alternate translation: "rejected Saul from being king"

# he raised up David to be their king

"God chose David to be their king"

# their king

"the king of Israel" or "the king over the Israelites"

# It was about David that God testified, saying,

"God gave this testimony about David:"

# I have found David ... to be

"I have observed that David ... is"

# a man after my heart

This expression means "a man who wants what I want." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])