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1 Samuel 9:2 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 9 · verse 2
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.1 Samuel 9:2 · King James Version
1 Samuel 9:2 in context
1Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
2And 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.
3And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
4And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
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Key words (Strong's)
- shouldersshᵉkemthe neck as the place of burdensH7926 →
- goodlyṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- personʼîysha man as an individual or a male personH376 →
- upwardmaʻalproperly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from…H4605 →
- highergâbôahhelevated , powerful, arrogantH1364 →
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We are here told, 1. What a good family Saul was of, Sa1 9:1. He was of the tribe of Benjamin; so was the New Testament Saul, who also was called Paul, and he mentions it as his honour, for Benjamin was a favourite, Rom 11:1; Phi 3:5.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-2