1 Samuel 13:1
Modern Translations
New International Version
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty- two years.

New Living Translation
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty-two years.

English Standard Version
Saul lived for one year and then became king, and when he had reigned for two years over Israel,

Berean Study Bible
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.

New American Standard Bible
Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for forty-two years over Israel.

NASB 1995
Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty two years over Israel.

NASB 1977
Saul was forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-two years over Israel.

Amplified Bible
Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty-two years over Israel.

Christian Standard Bible
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty-two years over Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Saul was 30 years old when he became king, and he reigned 42 years over Israel.

Contemporary English Version
Saul was a young man when he became king, and he ruled Israel for two years.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Saul was [thirty] years old when he became king, and he was king of Israel [forty-two] years.

International Standard Version
Saul was 30 years old when he began to reign, and he ruled for 42 years over Israel.

NET Bible
Saul was [thirty] years old when he began to reign; he ruled over Israel for [forty] years.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

New King James Version
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

King James 2000 Bible
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

New Heart English Bible
Saul was? years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years over Israel.

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

American King James Version
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

American Standard Version
Saul was forty years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

A Faithful Version
Saul reigned one year, and when he had reigned two more years over Israel,

Darby Bible Translation
Saul was ... years old when he became king; and he reigned two years over Israel.

English Revised Version
Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years over Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Saul nowe had beene King one yeere, and he reigned two yeeres ouer Israel.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Saul now had ben king one yere (& he raigned two yeres ouer Israel.)

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Saul had bene kynge one yeare, and wha he had raigned ouer Israel two yeares,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Saul [is] a son of [[thirty]] years in his reigning, and he has reigned over Israel [forty]-two years,

Young's Literal Translation
A son of a year is Saul in his reigning, yea, two years he hath reigned over Israel,

Smith's Literal Translation
Saul the son of a year in his reigning; and two years he reigned over Israel,

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Saul was a child of one year when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version
When he began to reign, Saul was the son of one year, and he reigned over Israel for two years.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And when Shaul reigned one or two years in his kingdom over Israel

Lamsa Bible
AND when Saul had reigned one or two years in his kingdom over Israel,

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Saul was --years old when he began to reign; and two years he reigned over Israel.
















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