1 Samuel 13:1

It was in the first year of Sha'ulʼs reign, and when he had reigned + 13:1 his first two shanim over Yisroel,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Sha'ul chose him shloshet alafim of Yisroel; whereof two elef were with Sha'ul at Michmas and in har Beit-El, and an elef were with Yonatan in Giv'at Binyamin; and the rest of HaAm he sent back every ish to his ohel.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:5Your seh (lamb) + 12:5 See Isa 53:7 shall be tamim (without blemish), a zachar (male) within its first year; ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from 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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