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1 Samuel 10:23

1 Samuel 10:23
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Samuel said to all the people, see ye him whom the Lord hath chosen,.... For the choice being made by lot, the disposal of which is of the Lord, it is properly attributed to him, and the people…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Samuel 10:17-27

Saul's nomination to the throne is here made public, in a general assembly of the elders of Israel, the representatives of their respective tribes at Mizpeh. It is probable that this convention of the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

1 Samuel 10:17-27

The Public election of Saul as King

The thread of the narrative in ch. 8, which has been temporarily dropped in order to give an account of the circumstances by which Samuel was privately made…

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