1 Samuel 13:1

And Saul chooses for himself three thousand men of the men of Israel: and there were with Saul two thousand who were in Machmas, and in mount Baethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin: and he sent the rest of the people every man to his tent.

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

Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.