1 Samuel 13:1-2

Christian Standard Bible

Saul’s Failure

13 Saul was thirty years^[a] old when he became king, and he reigned forty-two years^[b] over Israel.^{[c] 2} He chose three thousand men from Israel for himself: two thousand were with Saul at Michmash^(A) and in Bethel’s hill country, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah^(B) of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the troops away, each to his own tent.