World English Bible
1 Samuel 13:1
“Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 13
1
Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
2
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
3
Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba: and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear!
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