1 Samuel 13:1 Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty two years over Israel. (NASB ©1995)1 Samuel 12:25 "But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away."
1 Samuel 13:2 Now Saul chose for himself 3,000 men of Israel, of which 2,000 were with Saul in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while 1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent. (NASB ©1995) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,1,2 Saul's select band 3,4 He calls the Hebrews to Gilgal against the Philistines, whose garrison Jonathan had smitten 5 The Philistines' great host 6,7 The distress of the Israelites 8-10 Saul, weary of staying for Samuel, sacrifices 11-16 Samuel reproves him 17,18 The three spoiling bands of the Philistines 19-23 The policy of the Philistines, to suffer no smith in Israel A.M. 2911 B.C. 1093 An. Ex. Is. 398
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. Ex 12:5 Mic 6:6 Concordance Entries Forty Forty-two Reign Reigned Reigning Saul Thirty Yea Jump to Previous Occurrence Israel Reign Reigned Reigning Saul Thirty Jump to Next Occurrence Israel Reign Reigned Reigning Saul Thirty New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. | 
