1 Samuel 13:1
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
Note A few late LXX manuscripts; MT Saul was a son of a year
Note Or over Israel forty years (see Acts 13:21); MT over Israel two years
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
Note reigned one…: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
Note The traditional Hebrew text omits “thirty” and “forty-”. The blanks are filled in here from a few manuscripts of the Septuagint.
Saul was forty years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- 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; Micah 6:6