1 Samuel 13:1

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 13:1

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

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 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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