1 Samuel 13:1

New International Version

Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty- two years.

Cross References

Micah 6:6

With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

Exodus 12:5

The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.

1 Samuel 12:25

Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish.”

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul chose three thousand men from Israel; two thousand were with him at Mikmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. The rest of the men he sent back to their homes.