1 Samuel 13:1
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Saul was a child of one year when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.

1 Samuel 12:25
But if you will still do wickedly: both you and your king shall perish together.

1 Samuel 13:2
And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel: and two thousand were with Saul in Machmas, and in mount Bethel: and a thousand with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent back every man to their dwellings.

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

A.

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?

Context
War with the Philistines
1Saul was a child of one year when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.2And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel: and two thousand were with Saul in Machmas, and in mount Bethel: and a thousand with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent back every man to their dwellings.…
Lexicon
Saul
שָׁא֣וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

was [thirty] years old
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

when he became king,
בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ (bə·mā·lə·ḵōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

and he reigned
מָלַ֖ךְ (mā·laḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

[forty]-two
וּשְׁתֵּ֣י (ū·šə·tê)
Conjunctive waw | Number - fdc
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

years.
שָׁנִ֔ים (šā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year


Additional Translations
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

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

Saul was ... years old when he became king; and he reigned two years over Israel.

Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years over Israel.

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

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

A son of a year is Saul in his reigning, yea, two years he hath reigned over Israel,
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