1 Samuel 10:23

וַיָּרֻצוּ וַיִּקָּחֻהוּ מִשָּׁם וַיִּתְיַצֵּב בְּתוֹךְ הָעָם וַיִּגְבַּהּ מִכָּל ־ הָעָם מִשִּׁכְמוֹ וָמָֽעְלָה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

22וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ ־ עוֹד בַּֽיהוָה הֲבָא עוֹד הֲלֹם אִישׁ ס וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה הִנֵּה ־ הוּא נֶחְבָּא אֶל ־ הַכֵּלִֽים ׃

24וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל ־ כָּל ־ הָעָם הַרְּאִיתֶם אֲשֶׁר בָּֽחַר ־ בּוֹ יְהוָה כִּי אֵין כָּמֹהוּ בְּכָל ־ הָעָם וַיָּרִעוּ כָל ־ הָעָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ יְחִי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃ פ

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Cross References

1 Samuel 9:2וְל/וֹ ־ הָיָה בֵן וּשְׁמוֹ שָׁאוּל בָּחוּר וָטוֹב וְאֵין אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל טוֹב מִמֶּנּוּ מִשִּׁכְמוֹ וָמַעְלָה גָּבֹהַּ מִכָּל ־ הָעָֽם ׃

1 Samuel 17:4וַיֵּצֵא אִֽישׁ ־ הַבֵּנַיִם מִמַּחֲנוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים גָּלְיָת שְׁמוֹ מִגַּת גָּבְהוֹ שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֹת וָזָֽרֶת ׃

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 →

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