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1 Samuel 10:23

1 Samuel 10:23 is verse 23 of 1 Samuel chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

They ran and got him there. When he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

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1 Samuel 10:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

21 Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.

22 So again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

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

24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

25 Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.

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Hebrew words

וַיָּרֻ֙צוּ֙and they ran וַיִּקָּחֻ֣הוּand they took him מִשָּׁ֔םfrom there וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖בand he presented himself בְּת֣וֹךְin among הָעָ֑םthe people וַיִּגְבַּהּ֙and he was tall מִכָּלmore than all הָעָ֔םthe people מִשִּׁכְמ֖וֹfrom shoulder his וָמָֽעְלָהand up -wards

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

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 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.”

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,

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