Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
s בן שנה שאול במלכו "filius anni Saul in regnando ipsum", Montanus. t Seder Olam Rabba, c. 13. p. 35. Juchasin, fol. 11. 1. q Antiqu. l. 6. c. 14. sect. 9. r Works, vol. 1. p. 55.