1 Samuel 13:1

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Exodus 12:5

Your lamb or kid shall be without blemish, a male of the first year; you shall take it from the sheep or the goats. [I Pet. 1:19, 20.]

Micah 6:6

With what shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

1 Samuel 12:25

But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king shall be swept away.

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul chose 3,000 men of Israel; 2,000 were with [him] in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and 1,000 with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the men he sent away, each one to his home.