NT Text: Acts 13:22
OT Source(s):
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Typology (Direct Type, Forward-Looking) + Promise-Fulfillment
Significance: Paul's synagogue sermon in Pisidian Antioch quotes 1 Sam 13:14 almost verbatim: "I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart" (heuron Dauid ton tou Iessai, andra kata tēn kardian mou). The composite quotation in Acts 13:22 combines 1 Sam 13:14 with Ps 89:20 ("I have found My servant David"), indicating Paul read both texts together as a theological unit about David's divine election. In 1 Sam 13:14, the phrase "man after God's own heart" is spoken by Samuel immediately after Saul's rejection — David's election is framed from the start as the replacement of a rejected king with a faithful one, establishing the typological pattern that Acts 13 exploits: Saul's failure anticipates the need for a greater Davidic king, whose "offspring" (Acts 13:23) is Jesus the Savior. The contrast Saul/David → Israel/Jesus runs throughout Paul's survey.