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War with the Philistines

13 Saul was [a]thirty years old when he began to reign, and [b]he reigned [c]forty-two years over Israel.

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:1 As in some mss of the LXX; Hebrew omits thirty. The original wording of this verse is uncertain.
  2. 1 Samuel 13:1 Or after he reigned two years over Israel Saul chose...
  3. 1 Samuel 13:1 See Acts 13:21; Hebrew omits forty.

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