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1 Samuel 9:2

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And he had a son, whose name [was] Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and [there was] not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward [he was] higher than any of the people.

And he had a son {H1121}, whose name {H8034} was Saul {H7586}, a choice young man {H970}, and a goodly {H2896}: and there was not among the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478} a goodlier {H2896} person {H376} than he: from his shoulders {H7926} and upward {H4605} he was higher {H1364} than any of the people {H5971}.

He had a son named Sha'ul who was young and good-looking; among the people of Isra'el there was no one better-looking than he; he stood head and shoulders taller than anyone else in Isra'el.

And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.

And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a young man and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 13:33 (4 votes)

    And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, [which come] of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

  • Genesis 6:2 (4 votes)

    That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

  • 1 Samuel 16:7 (4 votes)

    But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

  • 2 Samuel 14:25 (4 votes)

    But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

  • 2 Samuel 14:26 (4 votes)

    And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled [it]: because [the hair] was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

  • 1 Samuel 17:4 (3 votes)

    And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.

  • Jeremiah 9:23 (3 votes)

    ¶ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches: