Acts 13:21

κἀκεῖθεν : only here of time in N.T. as in later Greek. Weiss even here interprets the expression to mean that they asked for a king from him, i.e., Samuel, in his character as prophet. ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα : not mentioned in O.T., but cf. Jos., Ant., vi., 14, 9. The period does not seem much too long for Saul's reign when we remember that Ishbosheth was forty years old at his father's death, when he was placed on the throne by Abner, 2 Samuel 2:10. Σαοὺλ κ. τ. λ., cf. Paul's description of himself in Philippians 3:5.