1 Samuel 10:26

1 Samuel 10:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
• New International Version (NIV)Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose hearts God had touched.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts God had touched.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and valiant men went with him, whose hearts God had touched.

Context of 1 Samuel 10:26

24Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? Surely there is no one like him among all the people.” So all the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!” 25Then Samuel told the people the ordinances of the kingdom, and wrote them in the book, and placed it before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house. Saul also went to his house in Gibeah; and the valiant men whose hearts God had touched went with him. 27But certain useless men said, “How can this one save us?” And they despised him and did not bring him a gift. But he kept silent about it.

1 Samuel 10:26 word by word

וְגַ֨ם־שָׁא֔וּל הָלַ֥ךְ לְבֵית֖וֹ גִּבְעָ֑תָה וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ עִמּ֔וֹ הַחַ֕יִל אֲשֶׁר־נָגַ֥ע אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּלִבָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• alsoגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• to his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• in Gibeahגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · GibeahH1390
• and the valiantחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428
• whoseאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• heartsלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• had touchedנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 10:26

• 1 Samuel 11:4Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people raised their voices and wept.
• 1 Samuel 15:34Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his house at Gibeah of Saul.
• Joshua 18:28Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.
• Judges 19:12However, his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into a city of foreigners who are not of the sons of Israel; instead, we will go on as far as Gibeah.”
• Judges 20:14Instead, the sons of Benjamin gathered from the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the sons of Israel.
• 2 Samuel 21:6let seven men from his sons be given to us, and we will hang them before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord.” And the king said, “I will give them.”
• Ezra 1:5Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites rose up, everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.
• Psalms 110:3Your people will volunteer freely on the day of Your power; In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew.
• Acts 7:10and rescued him from all his afflictions, and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and his entire household.
• Acts 13:48When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and all who had been appointed to eternal life believed.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 10:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26A band of men - Not a military band, as I imagine, but some secret friends, or companions, who were personally attached to him. Others think that all the men fit to bear arms are intended; but this seems inconsistent with the life that Saul led for some time afterwards; for he appears to have gone into his agricultural concerns, and waited for a call from the Divine providence. See 1 Samuel 11:5.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26A band of men - Rather, “the host,” “men of valor,” There seems to be an opposition intended between the “valiant men” and the “children of Belial” (1 Samuel 10:27).Read the comment
• 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. 26whose hearts God had touched: God gave them confidence in Saul's ability to lead (see also 1 Samuel 10:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. And Saul also went home to Gibeah--near Geba. This was his place of residence (see Jud 20:20), about five miles north of Jerusalem. there went ... a band of men, whose hearts God had touched--who feared God and regarded allegiance to their king as a conscientious duty. They are opposed to "the children of Belial."Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 10:26

• Gibeah
• Heart

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• Gibeah
• God
• Saul
• Paul, Saul
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Adversity
• Samuel, Books of
• Vial
• Band
• Holy Spirit

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