1 Samuel 13:1

GOD’S WORD Translation

13 Saul was ⌞thirty⌟ years old when he became king, and he was king of Israel ⌞forty-two⌟ years.^[a]

13:1 The text of 1 Samuel 13:1 is problematic in all traditions. Some late Greek manuscripts state Saul was 30 years old when he became king. The ancient Jewish historian Josephus and Acts 13:21 state that Saul ruled for 40 years.

1 Samuel 13:1

New International Version

13 Saul was thirty^[a] years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-^[b] two years.

1 Samuel 13:1 A few late manuscripts of the Septuagint; Hebrew does not have thirty.
1 Samuel 13:1 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Acts 13:21); Masoretic Text does not have forty-.

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

New International Version (NIV)