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Elberfelder Bibel

1 Samuel 10:23

Da liefen sie hin und holten ihn von dannen; und er stellte sich mitten unter das Volk, und er war höher als alles Volk, von seiner Schulter an aufwärts.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Mizpah;   Saul;   Scofield Reference Index - Holy Spirit;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Saul;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Mizpah;   Samuel;   Saul, king of israel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Samuel, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Lots;   Oracles;   Saul;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Samuel;   Samuel, Books of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Saul;   Teraphim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Saul;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;   Mizpah;   Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;   Israel, History of the People;   Samuel;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   Shoulder;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Banquets;  

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Da liefen sie hin und holten ihn von dort. Und als er unter das Volk trat, war er eines Hauptes höher als alles Volk.
Lutherbible (1912)
Da liefen sie hin und holten ihn von dort. Und da er unter das Volk trat, war er eines Hauptes länger denn alles Volk.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he was higher: 1 Samuel 9:2, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Samuel 17:4

Reciprocal: Judges 14:11 - saw him 1 Kings 1:6 - very

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they ran and fetched him thence,.... Being in haste to see their king elect, and proclaim him:

and when he stood among the people; being brought among them, and presented to them:

he was higher than any of the people, from the shoulders, and upwards; which made him look very graceful and majestic; height of stature, and a comely form, as Kimchi observes, recommend to royal dignity; and make the people stand more in awe of a prince, and have always been reckoned among all other nations to make a prince venerable,

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