1 Samuel 13:1
◄  1 Samuel 13:1  ►
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

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reigned one year [heb] the son of one year in his reigning. This verse is variously interpreted; but probably it only means, according to the Hebrew idiom, that, during the first year nothing remarkable occurred; but after two years, (or in the second year of his reign, ) the subsequent events took place.

Exodus 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: you shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

Micah 6:6 With which shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings...

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Saul was 30 years old when he became king, and he reigned 42 years over Israel.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty two years over Israel.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

International Standard Version (©2012)
Saul was 30 years old when he began to reign, and he ruled for 42 years over Israel.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

American King James Version
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saul was a child of one year when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.

Darby Bible Translation
Saul was ... years old when he became king; and he reigned two years over Israel.

English Revised Version
Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years over Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

World English Bible
Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

Young's Literal Translation
A son of a year is Saul in his reigning, yea, two years he hath reigned over Israel,

1 Samuel 12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.


1 Samuel 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

Saul was 30 years  old when he became king, and he reigned 42 years over Israel.  —HCSB

Saul was [thirty] years old when he began to reign, and he reigned [forty] two years over Israel. —NASB

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


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Israel Reign Reigned Reigning Saul Thirty

Israel Reign Reigned Reigning Saul Thirty
1 Samuel Chapter 13 Verse 1

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