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1 Samuel 13:1-3
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
1 Samuel 13:1-3
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
13 Saul was [a][forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
2 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.
3 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 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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