1 Samuel 13:1

Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:5Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.

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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