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13 Saul was [a][forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

Saul chose 3,000 men of Israel; 2,000 were with [him] in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and 1,000 with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the men he sent away, each one to his home.

Jonathan smote the Philistine garrison at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear!

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:1 The complete numbers in this verse are missing in the Hebrew. The word “forty” is supplied by the best available estimate.

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