1 Samuel 13:1

New English Translation

Saul was [thirty] years old when he began to reign; he ruled over Israel for [forty] years.

Cross References

Exodus 12:5

Your lamb must be perfect, a male, one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

Micah 6:6

With what should I enter the Lord’s presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

1 Samuel 12:25

But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. He sent all the rest of the people back home.