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1 Samuel 9:2

WEB

2He 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.

KJV

2And 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.

BSB

2And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.

FBV

2Kish had a son called Saul, the most handsome young man in all of Israel. He was head and shoulders taller than anyone else.

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Extra References

2 Samuel 14:25-26

25Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no defect in him. 26When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels,[+] after the king’s weight.

Genesis 6:2

2God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.

Numbers 13:33

33There we saw the Nephilim,[+] the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim.[+] We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”

1 Samuel 16:7

7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

1 Samuel 17:4

4A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span[+] went out.

Jeremiah 9:23

23The LORD says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.

1 Samuel 10:23-24

23They ran and got him there. When he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. 24Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the LORD has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?” All the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!”