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

24Then Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one whom the Lord has chosen? Indeed, there is no one like him among all the people!” All the people shouted out, “Long live the king!” 25Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work. He wrote it all down on a scroll and set it before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away to their homes. Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched. 27But some wicked men said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it.

1 Samuel 10:26 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• also wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• homeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• to Gibeahגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · GibeahH1390
• and there wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• with him a band of menחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428
• whose heartsלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• had touchedנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 10:26

• 1 Samuel 11:4When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly.
• 1 Samuel 15:34Then Samuel went to Ramah, while Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
• Joshua 18:28Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath – a total of fourteen cities and their towns. This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.
• Judges 19:12But his master said to him, “We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. We will travel on to Gibeah.”
• Judges 20:14The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.
• 2 Samuel 21:6let seven of his male descendants be turned over to us, and we will execute them before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, who was the Lord’s chosen one.” The king replied, “I will turn them over.”
• Ezra 1:5Then the leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.
• Psalms 110:3Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.
• Acts 7:10and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
• Acts 13:48When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for 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

In the dictionaries

• 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