KJV King James Version
And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
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1 Samuel 10:26
And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
WEB World English Bible
Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the army, whose hearts God had touched.
ASV American Standard Version
And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the host, whose hearts God had touched.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And also Saul hath gone to his house, to Gibeah, and the force go with him whose heart God hath touched;
Surrounding context — 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.
24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that [there is] none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote [it] in a book, and laid [it] up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְגַ֨ם־H1571 · gamalsoשָׁא֔וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulהָלַ֥ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentלְבֵית֖וֹH1004 · betplaceגִּבְעָ֑תָהH1390 · giv.ahGibeahוַיֵּלְכ֣וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentעִמּ֔וֹH5973 · imwithהַחַ֕יִלH2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichנָגַ֥עH5060 · na.gato touchאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodבְּלִבָּֽם׃H3820 · levheart
Cross-references
1 Samuel 11:4Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.Acts 7:10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.1 Samuel 15:34Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.Joshua 18:28And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which [is] Jerusalem, Gibeath, [and] Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This [is] the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.Judges 20:14But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.Judges 19:12-16And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that [is] not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.2 Samuel 21:6Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, [whom] the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give [them].Acts 13:48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.Psalm 110:3Thy people [shall be] willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.Ezra 1:5Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all [them] whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem.
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