1 Samuel 13:1 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 13:1

Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.

BSB

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ASV

Saul was forty years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

KJV

Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The text of this verse, omitted by the Septuagint, is held to be corrupt, and the numerals denoting Saul’s age at his accession as well as the duration of his reign, are thought to be omitted or faulty. Saul may have been about 30 at his accession, and have reigned some 32 years, since we know that his grandson Mephibosheth was five years old at Saul’s death 2Sa 4:4; and 32 added to the seven and a half years between the death of Saul and that of Ishbosheth, makes up the 40 years assigned to Saul’s dynasty in Act 13:

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Saul was the son of one year (so the first words are in the original), a phrase which we make to signify the date of his reign, but ordinarily it signifies the date of one's birth, and therefore some understand it figuratively--he was as innocent and good as a child of a year old; so the Chaldee paraphrase: he was without fault, like the son of a year.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בֶּן־	ben-	[was] a son of	H1121 →
שָׁנָ֖ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
שָׁא֣וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ	be.ma.le.Kho	when became king he	H4427 →
וּשְׁתֵּ֣י	u.she.Tei	and two	H8147 →
שָׁנִ֔ים	sha.Nim	years	H8141 →
מָלַ֖ךְ	ma.Lakh	he reigned	H4427 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
שְׁלֹשִׁים	she.lo.Shim	thirty	H7970 →
וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים	ve.'ar.ba.'Im	and forty	H705 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 12:5
Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:13–14
  For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
- 1 Peter 1:18–19
  For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- Malachi 1:14
  “But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the…
- Malachi 1:7–8
  By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
- Deuteronomy 17:1
  You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.
Through
Micah 6:6
With 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?
leads to
- Psalms 51:16–17
  For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
- Romans 10:2–3
  For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- Psalms 40:6–8
  Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Samuel