1 Samuel 10:23

1 Samuel 10:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller than any of the others.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So they ran and brought him from there; and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

Context of 1 Samuel 10:23

21When he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by families, the family of Matri was chosen. Then Saul, the son of Kish, was chosen. They looked for him but couldn’t find him. 22They asked the Lord again, “Has he arrived here yet?” The Lord answered, “He’s hiding among the baggage.” They ran and got him from there. As he stood among the people, he was a head taller than everyone else. 24Samuel asked the people, “Do you see whom the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” Then all the people shouted, “Long live the king!” 25Samuel explained the laws concerning kingship to the people. He wrote the laws on a scroll, which he placed in front of the Lord. Then Samuel sent the people back to their homes.

1 Samuel 10:23 word by word

וַיָּרֻ֙צוּ֙ וַיִּקָּחֻ֣הוּ מִשָּׁ֔ם וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעָ֑ם וַיִּגְבַּהּ֙ מִכָּל־הָעָ֔ם מִשִּׁכְמ֖וֹ וָמָֽעְלָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they ranרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323
• and fetchedלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• him thence: and when he stoodיָצַבyâtsab · to standH3320
• amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• he was higherגָּבַהּgâbahh · be highH1361
• from his shouldersשְׁכֶםshekem · shoulderH7926
• and upwardמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 10:23

• 1 Samuel 9:2He had a son named Saul, a handsome, young man. No man in Israel was more handsome than Saul. He stood a head taller than everyone else.
• 1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord told Samuel, “Don’t look at his appearance or how tall he is, because I have rejected him. God does not see as humans see. Humans look at outward appearances, but the Lord looks into the heart.”
• 1 Samuel 17:4The Philistine army’s champion came out of their camp. His name was Goliath from Gath. He was ten feet tall.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 10:23

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-27Verses 17-27 Samuel tells the people, Ye have this day rejected your God. So little fond was Saul now of that power, which soon after, when he possessed it, he could not think of parting with, that he hid himself. It is good to be conscious of our unworthiness and insufficiency for the services to which we are called; but men should not go into the contrary extreme, by refusing the employments to which the Lord and the church call them. The greater part…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-27Saul 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). See also study note on 1 Samuel 13:1–16:13.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2517-25. Samuel called the people together ... at Mizpeh--a shaft-like hill near Hebron, five hundred feet in height. The national assemblies of the Israelites were held there. A day having been appointed for the election of a king, Samuel, after having charged the people with a rejection of God's institution and a superseding of it by one of their own, proceeded to the nomination of the new monarch. As it was of the utmost importance that the appointment…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 10:23

• Mizpah
• Saul

In the dictionaries

• Adversity
• Samuel, Books of
• Saul
• Vial
• Holy Spirit
• Intercession
• Israel, History of
• Judges, Period of
• Samuel, Books of
• Shoulder

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings