1 Samuel 9:2 “And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among…”

1 Samuel 9:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

He had a son whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he had a sonne called Saul, a goodly yong man and a faire: so that among the children of Israel there was none goodlier then he: from the shoulders vpwarde he was hier then any of the people.

Darby Translation

And he had a son whose name was Saul, choice and comely; and there was not among the children of Israel a comelier person than he; from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

Young's Literal Translation

and he hath a son, and his name [is] Saul, a choice youth and goodly, and there is not a man among the sons of Israel goodlier than he — from his shoulder and upward, higher than any of the people.

Bible in Basic English

He had a son named Saul, a specially good-looking young man; there was no one better-looking among the children of Israel: he was taller by a head than any other of the people.

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Cross references

“choice”

1 Samuel 16:7 Genesis 6:2 Jeremiah 9:23 2 Samuel 14:25 2 Samuel 14:26

1 Samuel 16:7 · BSB

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

Genesis 6:2 · BSB

the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

Jeremiah 9:23 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

2 Samuel 14:25 · BSB

Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.

2 Samuel 14:26 · BSB

And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.

“from his shoulders”

Numbers 13:33 1 Samuel 17:4 1 Samuel 10:23

Numbers 13:33 · BSB

We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”

1 Samuel 17:4 · BSB

Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

1 Samuel 10:23 · BSB

So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.

3One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”

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