Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Message[Saul was [. .] years old when he became king, and he reigned [. .] years over Israel.]
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.G[Sha'ul was [. .] years old when he began to reign, and he reigned [. .] years over Yisra'el.]
KJV
King James VersionSaul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
BSB
Berean Standard BibleSaul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
Footnotes
The Hebrew of v.1 reads literally 'a son of a year was Sha'ul when he became king, and two years he reigned over Yisra'el' — both the king's age at accession and the full duration of his reign have fallen out of the MT. The formula *ben-shanah be-malko* is a standard regnal accession formula, but without the numerals it is meaningless as written. The LXX omits the verse entirely; Acts 13:21 implies a forty-year reign. Both translations preserve the lacunae honestly in brackets rather than silently supplying figures, which would give false confidence to a corrupt text.
