King James Version
1 Samuel 10:26 in the King James Version says “And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.”
1 Samuel 10:26 · KJV
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.
And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. held: or, was as though he had been deaf
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“also went”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“home”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“also went”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“with him a band of men”
H2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“had touched”
H5060properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“whose hearts”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
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