Contemporary English Version
Saul was a young man when he became king, and he ruled Israel for two years.

New American Bible
[Saul was. . .years old when he became king and he reigned. . .-two years over Israel.]

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saul was a child of one year when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.

Saul was a child of one year when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.

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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.

Exodus 12:5 And it shall be a lamb without blemish, a male, of one year; according to which rite also you shall take a kid.

Micah 6:6 What shall I offer to the Lord that is worthy? wherewith shall I kneel before the high God? shall I offer holocausts unto him, and calves of a year old?