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@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ Samuel has renewed Saul's kingdom at Gilgal and Samuel has reminded the people t
 
 # Saul was thirty years old ... over Israel
 
-The text of this verse in ancient copies seems to have been mutilated, so modern versions have many different translations. They are all attempts to represent the most probable meaning of the original text.
+The text of this verse in ancient copies is uncertain, so modern versions have many different translations. They are all attempts to represent the most probable meaning of the original text.