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1 Samuel 13:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Samuel 13:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
III. Saul and David
Chapter 13
1 [Saul was…years old when he became king and he reigned…-two years over Israel.][a]
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- 13:1 A formula like that of 2 Sm 5:4 was introduced here at some time; but the age of Saul when he became king remains a blank, and the two years assigned for his reign in the Masoretic text cannot be correct. Acts 13:21 offers the round number of forty years.
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