# 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 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]])