1 Samuel 13:1

Saul was [thirty] years old when he began to reign; and, when he had reigned two years over Israel,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel, of whom there were with Saul, two thousand in Michmash and in the hill-country of Bethel, and, a thousand, were with Jonathan, in Gibeah of Benjamin,—but, the rest of the people, he let go, every man to his own home.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:5A lamb without defect a male a year old, shall yours be,—from the sheep or from the goats, shall ye take it.

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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