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

21Then he brought each family of the tribe of Benjamin before the Lord, and the family of the Matrites was chosen. And finally Saul son of Kish was chosen from among them. But when they looked for him, he had disappeared! 22So they asked the Lord, “Where is he?” And the Lord replied, “He is hiding among the baggage.” So they found him and brought him out, and he stood head and shoulders above anyone else. 24Then Samuel said to all the people, “This is the man the Lord has chosen as your king. No one in all Israel is like him!” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!” 25Then Samuel told the people what the rights and duties of a king were. He wrote them down on a scroll and placed it before the Lord. Then Samuel sent the people home again.

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 9:2His son Saul was the most handsome man in Israel—head and shoulders taller than anyone else in the land.
• 1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
• 1 Samuel 17:4Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He was over nine 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