War with the Philistines
1 Samuel 13:1
In 10 translations
- BSB
- 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 yearOr over Israel forty years (see Acts 13:21); MT over Israel two years
- KJV
- Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,reigned one…: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- Saul was forty years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
- LSV
- Saul [is] a son of [[thirty]] years in his reigning, and he has reigned over Israel [forty]-two years,
- YLT
- A son of a year [is] Saul in his reigning, yea, two years he hath reigned over Israel,
- DBY
- Saul was...years old when he became king; and he reigned two years over Israel.
- DRC
- Saul was a child of one year when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.
- GNV
- Saul nowe had beene King one yeere, and he reigned two yeeres ouer Israel.
- JPS
- Saul was — years old when he began to reign; and two years he reigned over Israel.
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- Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: שְׁלֹשִׁים (“thirty”).
- Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים (“and forty”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- בֶּן־שָׁנָ֖ה שָׁא֣וּל בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ וּשְׁתֵּ֣י שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Who and where
👤 Saul◆ Reign of Saul
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
SaulMattockMichmas or MichmashSamuelJudges, Book ofReignPhilistinesTimeIsrael, History ofArmies of Israel, The
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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?
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