1 Samuel 10:23 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 10:23

So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.

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ASV

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.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And they ran and fetched him thence,.... Being in haste to see their king elect, and proclaim him: and when he stood among the people; being brought among them, and presented to them: he was higher than any of the people, from the shoulders, and upwards; which made him look very graceful and majestic; height of stature, and a comely form, as Kimchi observes, recommend to royal dignity; and make the people stand more in awe of a prince, and have always been reckoned among all other nations to make a prince venerable; see Gill on 1Sa 9:2.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3322: “Hiding Among the Stuff” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1912)

SAUL seems to have known that he was the elect person, having already been secretly anointed by Samuel and, therefore, while the voting was going on and while the lots were being cast, he hid himself. The Lord answered, "Behold, he has hid himself among the stuff. And they ran and fetched him from there." We hardly know why Saul did this.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּרֻ֙צוּ֙	vai.ya.Ru.tzu	and they ran	H7323 →
וַיִּקָּחֻ֣הוּ	vai.yi.ka.Chu.hu	and they took him	H3947 →
מִשָּׁ֔ם	mi.Sham	from there	H8033 →
וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב	vai.yit.ya.Tzev	and he presented himself	H3320 →
בְּת֣וֹךְ	be.Tokh	in among	H8432 →
הָעָ֑ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
וַיִּגְבַּהּ֙	vai.yig.Bah	and he was tall	H1361 →
מִכָּל־	mi.kol	more than all	H3605 →
הָעָ֔ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
מִשִּׁכְמ֖וֹ	mi.shikh.Mo	from shoulder his	H7926 →
וָמָֽעְלָה׃	va.Ma.'e.lah	and up -wards	H4605 →

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Where the connections lead

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1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the…
leads to
- John 7:24
  Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
- Jeremiah 17:10
  I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Luke 16:15
  So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
- 1 Peter 3:4
  but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
- Isaiah 55:8–9
  “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
Through
1 Samuel 17:4
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
leads to
- Joshua 11:22
  No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
- 2 Samuel 21:16–22
  Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
Through
1 Samuel 9:2
And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:7
  But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the…

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