1 Samuel 13:1

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Saul was [about] a year into his reign when he became king, and he ruled over Israel for two years.

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  • Exod 12:5 : 5 Your lamb must be an unblemished male, a year old; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats.
  • Mic 6:6 : 6 With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves?

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    9There he made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.

    10Ish-bosheth, son of Saul, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned for two years. However, the house of Judah was loyal to David.

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  • 1 Sam 13:2
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    2Saul chose 3,000 men from Israel for himself. 2,000 were with Saul at Michmash and in the hills of Bethel, and 1,000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent back to their homes.

  • Acts 13:21
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    21Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled for forty years.

  • 1 Sam 13:13-16
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    13Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, which He gave you. If you had, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

    14But now your kingdom will not endure. The Lord has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him leader over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you."

    15Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul counted the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

    16Saul, his son Jonathan, and the troops who were with them stayed in Gibeah of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

  • 1 Kgs 2:11
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    11David reigned over Israel for forty years: seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 5:4-5
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    4David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty years.

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  • 1 Sam 15:1
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    1Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people Israel. Now, listen to the words of the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 29:26-27
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    26David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.

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  • 1 Sam 18:12-13
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    12Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.

    13So Saul removed David from his presence and appointed him as a commander over a thousand men. David led the troops out and brought them back in.

  • 1 Sam 15:4
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    4Saul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

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    1After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag for two days.

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    47After Saul had taken over the kingship of Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment.

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    17David sang this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan:

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    2Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron, and with him were about six hundred men.

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    1Then Samuel said to all Israel, 'Here I am; I have listened to you in everything you have said to me, and I have set a king over you.'

  • 1 Sam 13:9-11
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    10Just as he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Samuel came. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him.

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    4All Israel heard the news: "Saul has attacked the Philistine garrison, and now Israel has become offensive to the Philistines." So the people were summoned to follow Saul at Gilgal.

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  • 1 Sam 11:15
    68%

    15So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king in the presence of the LORD. They sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the men of Israel celebrated with great joy.

  • 1 Sam 14:40
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    40Then Saul said to all Israel, 'You stand on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will stand on the other.' And the people said to Saul, 'Do whatever seems right to you.'

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    4Six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he ruled for seven years and six months. Then he reigned in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.

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    17Saul said to the men who were with him, 'Muster the troops and see who has left us.' When they counted, they found that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were gone.

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