1 Samuel 10:23

So they went quickly and made him come out; and when he took his place among the people, he was taller by a head than any of the people.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22So they put another question to the Lord, Is the man present here? And the answer of the Lord was, He is keeping himself from view among the goods.

24And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the man of the Lord's selection, how there is no other like him among all the people? And all the people with loud cries said, Long life to the king!

Read all of 1 Samuel 10

Cross References

1 Samuel 9:2He had a son named Saul, a specially good-looking young man; there was no one better-looking among the children of Israel: he was taller by a head than any other of the people.

1 Samuel 17:4And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 10:18-27

The Election of a King; Saul Introduced to the People. ( b. c. 1070.) 17 And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpeh; 18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: 19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 1 Samuel 10:23