“Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 13 contains 23 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.