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1 Samuel 13:1
1 Samuel 13:1 is verse 1 of 1 Samuel chapter 13, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
A few late LXX manuscripts; MT Saul was a son of a year
Or over Israel forty years (see Acts 13:21); MT over Israel two years
King James Version
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
World English Bible
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
The traditional Hebrew text omits “thirty” and “forty-”. The blanks are filled in here from a few manuscripts of the Septuagint.
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1 Samuel 13:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
2 He 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.
3 Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 12:5Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
Micah 6:6With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?