1 Samuel 13:1

American Standard Version

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

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1 Samuel 13:1 in other translations

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

1 Samuel 13:1 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 13:1 in context

  1. 1Saul was forty years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
  2. 2Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
  3. 3And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba; and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.