King James Version
1 Samuel 10:23 in the King James Version says “And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his s...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
1 Samuel 10:23 · KJV
When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
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.
And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. God: Heb. Let the king live
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“him thence and when he stood”
H3320to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
“than any of the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“than any of the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“from his shoulders”
H7926the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill
“and upward”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
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