KJV King James Version
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
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Acts 7:45
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
WEB World English Bible
which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,
ASV American Standard Version
Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
which also our fathers having in succession received, did bring in with Joshua, into the possession of the nations whom God did drive out from the presence of our fathers, till the days of David,
Surrounding context — Acts 7
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices [by the space of] forty years in the wilderness?
43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built him an house.
48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
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ἣνG3739 · hos, hēwhichκαὶG2532 · kaiandεἰσήγαγονG1521 · eisagōto bring inδιαδεξάμενοιG1237 · diadechomaito receive in turnοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατέρεςG3962 · patērfatherἡμῶνG3165 · memeμετὰG3326 · metawith/afterἸησοῦG2424 · IēsousJesusἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoκατασχέσειG2697 · kataschesispossessionτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐθνῶν,G1484 · ethnosGentilesὧνG3739 · hos, hēwhichἐξῶσενG1856 · exōtheōto expelὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεὸςG2316 · theosGodἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromπροσώπουG4383 · prosōponfaceτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατέρωνG3962 · patērfatherἡμῶνG3165 · memeἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἡμερῶνG2250 · hēmeradayΔαυίδ·G1138 · Daueid, Dauid, DabidDavid
Cross-references
Psalm 44:2[How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.Joshua 24:18And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: [therefore] will we also serve the LORD; for he [is] our God.Joshua 23:9For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but [as for] you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.Joshua 18:1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.Nehemiah 9:24So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.1 Samuel 4:4So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth [between] the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, [were] there with the ark of the covenant of God.Judges 18:31And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.1 Kings 8:4And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that [were] in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.1 Chronicles 16:39And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that [was] at Gibeon,1 Chronicles 21:29For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, [were] at that season in the high place at Gibeon.1 Chronicles 15:1-17And [David] made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.Deuteronomy 32:49Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, [unto] mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, that [is] over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:Acts 13:19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.Hebrews 4:8For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.Joshua 3:6-7And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.2 Samuel 6:1-23Again, David gathered together all [the] chosen [men] of Israel, thirty thousand.Psalm 78:55He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.Joshua 3:11-17Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
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