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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When Saul returned to his home at Gibeah, a group of men whose hearts God had touched went with him.

Context of 1 Samuel 10:26

24Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” Then the people shouted, “Long live the king!” 25Samuel explained to the people the rights and duties of kingship. He wrote them down on a scroll and deposited it before the Lord. Then Samuel dismissed the people to go to their own homes. Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose hearts God had touched. 27But some scoundrels said, “How can this fellow save us?” They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.

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 came to Gibeah of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept aloud.
• 1 Samuel 15:34Then Samuel left for Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
• Joshua 18:28Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath—fourteen towns and their villages. This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.
• Judges 19:12His master replied, “No. We won’t go into any city whose people are not Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
• Judges 20:14From their towns they came together at Gibeah to fight against the Israelites.
• 2 Samuel 21:6let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul—the Lord’s chosen one.” So the king said, “I will give them to you.”
• Ezra 1:5Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites—everyone whose heart God had moved—prepared to go up and build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
• Psalms 110:3Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb.
• Acts 7:10and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.
• Acts 13:48When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were 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