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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Samuel 13:1

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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am 2911, bc 1093, An, Ex, Is, 398 reigned one year: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning, This verse is variously interpreted; but probably it only means, according to the Hebrew idiom, that, during the first year nothing remarkable occurred; but after two years (or in the second year of his reign), the subsequent events took place. Exo 12:5; Mic 6:6 \*marg. 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 13:2
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