# General Information:

The quotation here is from the history of Samuel and from a Psalm of Ethan in the Old Testament.

# for forty years

"to be their king for forty years"

# removed him from the kingship

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

# he raised up David to be their king

"Raised up" is an idiom for "established." AT: "he established David to be their king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# their king

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

# It was about David that God said

"God said this about David"

# I have found

"I have observed that"

# to be a man after my heart

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

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/saul]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/benjamin]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]