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1 Samuel 13:1

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Saul Rules over Israel

13Saul was thirtya years oldb at the beginning of his reign, and he reigned forty-two yearsc over Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. aA few LXX manuscripts have “thirty,” but the number of years is missing from the Masoretic Hebrew text
  2. bLiterally “a son of years”
  3. cThe Masoretic Hebrew text reads “two years” here, but this number seems far too small; either it is not correct or part of the number is missing (the present translation supplies “forty”); other English versions differ as to Saul’s age at coronation and the total years of his reign

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Saul lived for one year and then became king, and when he had reigned for two years over Israel,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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