1 Samuel 10:23

Translations

Modern

So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.

Traditional

And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

Literal

And they ran and brought him from there, and he stood in the midst of the people, and he was taller than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.

Latin

Cucurrerunt itaque et tulerunt eum inde: stetitque in medio populi, et altior fuit universo populo ab humero et sursum.

Original

Hebrew

English

So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.

Notes

1 Samuel 9:1–11:15

Saul became powerful through three main events:

Samuel secretly anointed him (1 Samuel 9:1–10:16).
He was chosen by casting lots (1 Samuel 10:17–27).
He defeated the Ammonites (1 Samuel 11:1–15).

Theme notes and profiles

Samuel Saul

Events

Reign of Saul

Related verses

1 Samuel 9:2
And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
1 Samuel 17:4
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

Glossary

Mizpah Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Mizpah: A City Allotted to the Tribe of Benjamin: They Crown Saul King of Israel At Saul: King of Israel: His Personal Appearance

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