The text of this verse, which is omitted by the Septuagint, is considered corrupt. The numbers indicating Saul’s age when he became king and the du…

Saul reigned one year. —The only possible literal translation of the Hebrew of this verse is, “Saul was the son of one year (that …

Saul reigned one year
"Or the son of a year in his reigning" ^F19 ; various are the senses given of these …

Saul reigned one year, and nothing particular happened; but in his second year, the events recorded in this chapter took place. For more than a yea…