(Paul continues to speak.)

## for the time of forty years ##

"to be their king for a period of forty (40) years"

## he raised up David ##

"God chose David"

## their king ##

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

## It was about David that God said ##

"God said this about David"

## I have found David the son of Jesse to be ##

"I have observed that David, the son of Jesse, is"

## a man after my heart ##

<b>a man after my heart</b> This is an expression for "a man who desires what I desire" (UDB). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])