Sha’ul was ... years old when he began to reign. And when he had reigned two years over Yisra’ĕ
With what shall I come before יהוה, bow myself before the high Elohim? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
‘Let the lamb be a perfect one, a year old male. Take it from the sheep or from the goats.
“But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your sovereign are consumed.”
Sha’ul chose for himself three thousand men of Yisra’ĕ