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1Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

1 Samuel 13:1

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 1-7)

We are not told wherein it was that the people of Israel offended God, so as to forfeit his presence and turn his hand against them, as Samuel had threatened (1 Sam. 12:15); but doubtless they left God, else he would not have left them, as here it appears he did; for, I. Saul was very weak and impolitic, and did not order his affairs with discretion. Saul was the son of one year (so the first word...

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