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1 Samuel 13:1
GOD’S WORD Translation
1 Samuel 13:1
GOD’S WORD Translation
The Lord Rejects Saul as King
13 Saul was ⌞thirty⌟ years old when he became king, and he was king of Israel ⌞forty-two⌟ years.[a]
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- 13:1 The text of 1 Samuel 13:1 is problematic in all traditions. Some late Greek manuscripts state Saul was 30 years old when he became king. The ancient Jewish historian Josephus and Acts 13:21 state that Saul ruled for 40 years.
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