1 Samuel 13:1

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Exodus 12:5

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats.

Micah 6:6

“With what should I come before the Lord, and bow down before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves one year old?

1 Samuel 12:25

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

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in Mikmash and in mountains of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent each to his tent.