1 Samuel 13:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Exodus 12:5

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

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, you shall be swept away, both you and your king.”

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul chose three thousand out of Israel; two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; the rest of the people he sent home to their tents.