1 Samuel 13:1

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

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

In Context

2Saul had chosen three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand of them were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and another thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the army home.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:5Your lamb must be a year-old male without any defects, and you can take it either 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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