1 Samuel 13:1

Saul was a child of one year when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

In Context

2And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel: and two thousand were with Saul in Machmas, and in mount Bethel: and a thousand with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin, and the rest of the people he sent back every man to their dwellings.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:5And it shall be a lamb without blemish, a male, of one year: according to which rite also you shall take a kid.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 13:1

Those that desired a king like all the nations fancied that, when they had one, they should look very great and considerable; but in this chapter we find it proved much otherwise. While Samuel was joined in commission with Saul things went well, ch. xi. 7 . But, now that Saul began to reign alone, all went to decay, and Samuel's words began to be fulfilled: "You shall be consumed, both you and your king;" for never was the state of Israel further gone in a consumption than in this chapter. I. Saul appears here a… Read the whole commentary →

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