1st Samuel Chapter 10 verse 23 Holy Bible
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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So they went quickly and made him come out; and when he took his place among the people, he was taller by a head than any of the people.
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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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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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And they ran and brought 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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They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
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And they run and bring him thence, and he stationed himself in the midst of the people, and he is higher than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 23, 24. - And when he stood. This rendering spoils the poetic force of the original, where the rapidity of their action is expressed by three preterites following hard upon one another. The Hebrew is, "And they ran, and took him thence, and he stood forth (see 1 Samuel 12:7) among the people, and he was taller," etc. And now Samuel presents him to the multitude as "the chosen of Jehovah," and the people shout their assent by saying, "Let the king live." For this the A.V. puts our English phrase, but the Hebrew exactly answers to the French Vive le roi! THE EVENTS WHICH FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY UPON SAUL'S ELECTION (vers. 25-27).
