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, “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. When Saul returned to his home at Gibeah, a group of men whose hearts God had touched went with him. 27But there were some scoundrels who complained, “How can this man save us?” And they scorned him and refused to bring him gifts. But Saul ignored them. [Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been grievously oppressing the people of Gad and Reuben who lived east of the Jordan River. He gouged out the right eye of each of the Israelites living there, and he didn’t allow anyone to come and rescue them. In fact, of all the Israelites east of the Jordan, there wasn’t a single one whose right eye Nahash had not gouged out. But there were 7,000 men who had escaped from the Ammonites, and they had settled in Jabesh-gilead.]

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 told the people about their plight, everyone broke into tears.
• 1 Samuel 15:34Then Samuel went home to Ramah, and Saul returned to his house at Gibeah of Saul.
• Joshua 18:28Zela, Haeleph, the Jebusite town (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen towns with their surrounding villages. This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
• Judges 19:12“No,” his master said, “we can’t stay in this foreign town where there are no Israelites. Instead, we will go on to Gibeah.
• Judges 20:14Instead, they came from their towns and gathered at Gibeah to fight the Israelites.
• 2 Samuel 21:6So let seven of Saul’s sons be handed over to us, and we will execute them before the Lord at Gibeon, on the mountain of the Lord.” “All right,” the king said, “I will do it.”
• Ezra 1:5Then God stirred the hearts of the priests and Levites and the leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to go to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple of the Lord.
• Psalms 110:3When you go to war, your people will serve you willingly. You are arrayed in holy garments, and your strength will be renewed each day like the morning dew.
• Acts 7:10and rescued him from all his troubles. And God gave him favor before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. God also gave Joseph unusual wisdom, so that Pharaoh appointed him governor over all of Egypt and put him in charge of the palace.
• Acts 13:48When the Gentiles heard this, they were very glad and thanked the Lord for his message; and all who were chosen for eternal life became believers.

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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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