Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Saul wasfortyyears old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
WEB
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he 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,
DBT
Saul was...years old when he became king; and he reigned two years over Israel.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.
- Author
- Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
- Date
- Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy