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and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and valiant <i>men</i> went with him, whose hearts God had touched.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Saul also went to his house in Gibeah; and the valiant <i>men</i> whose hearts God had touched went with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Saul also went to his house at Gibeah; and the valiant men whose hearts God had touched went with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Saul also went to his house at Gibeah; and the valiant <i>men</i> whose hearts God had touched went with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Saul also went to his house at Gibeah; and the valiant <i>men</i> whose hearts God had touched went with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Saul also went home to Gibeah; and the brave men whose hearts God had touched went with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and brave men whose hearts God had touched went with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and brave men whose hearts God had touched went with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the host, whose hearts God had touched.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God had encouraged some young men to become followers of Saul, and when he returned to his hometown of Gibeah, they went with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the host, whose hearts God had touched.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Saul also went home to Gibeah. With him went some soldiers whose hearts God had touched.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Saul also went back home to Gibeah. Some powerful men, whose hearts God had touched, went with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Saul also went to his house in Gibeah, and the soldiers whose hearts God had touched went with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the valient men, whose hearts the LORD had touched.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Saul also went to his house in Gibeah; and the army went with him, whose hearts God had touched. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Saul has also gone to his house, to Gibeah, and the force goes with him whose heart God has touched;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And also Saul hath gone to his house, to Gibeah, and the force go with him whose heart God hath touched;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And also Saul went to his house at Gibeah; and there will go with him the army whom God touched their heart.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Saul also departed to his own house in Gabaa: and there went with him a part of the army, whose hearts God had touched. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And then Saul went away to his own house at Gibeah. And a portion of the army, whose hearts had been touched by God, went away with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Saul also went home to Gibeah, accompanied by warriors whose hearts the LORD had touched.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went warriors whose hearts God had touched.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Saul also went to his house at Ramtha; and there went with him a band of men whose hearts God had touched.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also Shaul went to his house to Ramtha, and a host went on with him whom God touched in their heart<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the men of valour, whose hearts God had touched.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Saul departed to his house to Gabaa; and there went with Saul mighty men whose hearts God had touched.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/10-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=2622" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/10.htm">Saul Proclaimed King</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7586.htm" title="7586: šā·’ūl (N-proper-ms) -- Passive participle of sha'al; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites.">Saul</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">also</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·laḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: lə·ḇê·ṯōw (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">to his home</a> <a href="/hebrew/1390.htm" title="1390: giḇ·‘ā·ṯāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Hill, three cities in Pal. The same as gib'ah; Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine.">in Gibeah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2428.htm" title="2428: ha·ḥa·yil (Art:: N-ms) -- From chuwl; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength.">and the men of valor</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">whose</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: bə·lib·bām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">hearts</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5060.htm" title="5060: nā·ḡa‘ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon; by implication, to reach; violently, to strike.">had touched</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·lə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with him.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/11-4.htm">1 Samuel 11:4-7</a></span><br />When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud. / Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh. / When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/16-13.htm">1 Samuel 16:13</a></span><br />So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/2-4.htm">2 Samuel 2:4</a></span><br />Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-3.htm">2 Samuel 5:3</a></span><br />So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-21.htm">1 Kings 12:21-24</a></span><br />And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon. / But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God: / “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-38.htm">1 Chronicles 12:38-40</a></span><br />All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king. / They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them. / And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-9.htm">2 Chronicles 15:9</a></span><br />And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/110-3.htm">Psalm 110:3</a></span><br />Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/29-26.htm">Proverbs 29:26</a></span><br />Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-2.htm">Isaiah 11:2</a></span><br />The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-1.htm">Isaiah 32:1-2</a></span><br />Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice. / Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Jeremiah 23:5-6</a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land. / In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-24.htm">Ezekiel 37:24-25</a></span><br />My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes. / They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-2.htm">Matthew 2:2</a></span><br />asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-9.htm">Matthew 21:9</a></span><br />The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.</p><p class="hdg">Gibeah</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/11-4.htm">1 Samuel 11:4</a></b></br> Then 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/15-34.htm">1 Samuel 15:34</a></b></br> Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/18-28.htm">Joshua 18:28</a></b></br> And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which <i>is</i> Jerusalem, Gibeath, <i>and</i> Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.</p><p class="hdg">whose hearts</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/1-5.htm">Ezra 1:5</a></b></br> Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all <i>them</i> whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which <i>is</i> in Jerusalem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/110-3.htm">Psalm 110:3</a></b></br> Thy people <i>shall be</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/7-10.htm">Acts 7:10</a></b></br> And 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ruth/1-22.htm">Accompanied</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-16.htm">Army</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-10.htm">Band</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-9.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-3.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-25.htm">Home</a> <a href="/judges/9-29.htm">Host</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-25.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-21.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/judges/16-9.htm">Touched</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-9.htm">Valiant</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-1.htm">Valor</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-1.htm">Valour</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-20.htm">War</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/15-11.htm">Accompanied</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-9.htm">Army</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-17.htm">Band</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-20.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-6.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-34.htm">Home</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-11.htm">Host</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-34.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-4.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-15.htm">Touched</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-52.htm">Valiant</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-18.htm">Valor</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-52.htm">Valour</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-9.htm">War</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-1.htm">Samuel anoints Saul</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-2.htm">He confirms him by prediction of three signs</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-9.htm">Saul's heart is changed, and he prophesies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-14.htm">He conceals the matter of the kingdom from his uncle</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-17.htm">Saul is chosen at Mizpeh by lot</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-26.htm">The different affections of his subjects</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/1_samuel/10.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Saul also went to his home in Gibeah</b><br />The name "Saul" is derived from the Hebrew "Sha'ul," meaning "asked for" or "prayed for." This reflects the Israelites' request for a king, which God granted despite His preference for a theocracy. Saul's return to "his home in Gibeah" signifies a return to his roots and a moment of transition from private life to public service. Gibeah, meaning "hill," was a significant location in the tribe of Benjamin, Saul's tribe. Archaeological findings suggest Gibeah was a fortified city, indicating its strategic importance. This phrase highlights Saul's humble beginnings and the divine orchestration in his rise to kingship.<p><b>and the men of valor</b><br />The term "men of valor" is translated from the Hebrew "gibborim," which denotes strength, bravery, and capability in battle. These were not just ordinary men but warriors recognized for their courage and skill. In the biblical narrative, such men often played crucial roles in the defense and leadership of Israel. Their association with Saul underscores the divine favor and support he initially enjoyed, as well as the potential for military success under his leadership.<p><b>whose hearts God had touched</b><br />The phrase "whose hearts God had touched" indicates a divine intervention in the lives of these men. The Hebrew word for "touched" is "naga," which can mean to reach, strike, or influence. This suggests that God actively influenced these men to support Saul, ensuring that he was not alone in his new role. This divine touch signifies God's sovereignty and His ability to guide the hearts of individuals to fulfill His purposes. It also reflects the biblical theme of God preparing and equipping leaders with the necessary support to accomplish His will.<p><b>went with him</b><br />The phrase "went with him" implies loyalty and commitment. These men of valor were not merely followers; they were companions ready to stand by Saul in the challenges ahead. This companionship is crucial for any leader, especially one embarking on a new and daunting task like kingship. Their willingness to accompany Saul highlights the importance of community and support in leadership, a principle that resonates throughout Scripture. It also foreshadows the trials Saul would face and the need for steadfast allies in his reign.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">And Saul also went home to Gibeah.</span>--Saul departed for the present to his own home. We may conclude that his fellow citizens, proud of the honour conferred on one of themselves, were among his earliest devoted attendants. The young hero, however, as we shall see, had not long to wait for an opportunity of displaying his prowess, and of rallying the hearts of the people generally firmly to his standard.<p><span class= "bld">A band of men.</span>--Among these early friends. doubtless, were to be found the names of the distinguished men whom we hear of later surrounding Saul. The highest prudence and sagacity marked all the early period of the reign of the first king. Slow to take offence, we shall see from the next verse how Saul and his valiant adherents busied themselves in conciliating the disaffected, and in preparing for a decisive action against the enemies who were on all sides harrying the land. An opportunity (see the history in the next chapter) soon presented itself of showing that the choice of a king had been wisely made.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 26, 27.</span> - Saul did not at once enter upon his duties, but <span class="cmt_word">went home to Gibeah, and there went with him,</span> not <span class="cmt_word">a band of men</span>, but <span class="accented">the host</span>, or <span class="accented">the force, i.e.</span> those brave men <span class="cmt_word">whose hearts God had touched.</span> Whatever was noble and valiant accompanied him, to take counsel for the nation's good; <span class="cmt_word">but the children of Belial,</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> worthless, good for nothing creatures (see <a href="/1_samuel/1-16.htm">1 Samuel 1:16</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/2-12.htm">1 Samuel 2:12</a>), <span class="cmt_word">despised him.</span> In the A.V. the antithesis between <span class="accented">the force</span>, the strength and bravery that went with Saul, and the <span class="accented">worthlessness</span> which rejected him, is lost by the mistranslation of both words. The Septuagint, on the contrary, strengthens it by rendering "sons of strength" and "pestilent sons." As there was a garrison in the district of Gibeah, this proceeding was likely to embroil Saul with the Philistines, and probably was so intended. They <span class="cmt_word">brought him no presents</span>. Apparently, therefore, the people did bring him presents; and as these would chiefly consist of food, they would be useful only for maintaining a body of men. This, too, would scarcely escape the notice of so watchful an enemy, and yet until Saul smote one of their garrisons they did nothing; but then, forthwith, they invaded Israel so promptly, and with such overwhelming numbers, as seems to prove that they had been busily making preparations meanwhile to maintain their empire. <span class="cmt_word">He held his peace.</span> Literally, "was as one that is deaf." Had Saul not controlled his anger, a civil war would have been the result, and the lordly tribes of Ephraim and Judah might have refused a king chosen from the little tribe of Benjamin. In fact, Judah never does seem to have given a hearty allegiance to Saul. The Septuagint, followed by Josephus, offers a not improbable different reading, which involves but a very slight change in the Hebrew. Uniting the words with the next chapter, they translate, "And it came to pass, after about a month, that Nahash the Ammonite," etc. The Vulgate has both readings. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/10-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Saul</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁא֔וּל</span> <span class="translit">(šā·’ūl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7586.htm">Strong's 7586: </a> </span><span class="str2">Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">also</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַ֨ם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went</span><br /><span class="heb">הָלַ֥ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·laḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to his home</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבֵית֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇê·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Gibeah,</span><br /><span class="heb">גִּבְעָ֑תָה</span> <span class="translit">(giḇ·‘ā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1390.htm">Strong's 1390: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gibeah -- 'hill', three cities in Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the [men] of valor</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחַ֕יִל</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥa·yil)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2428.htm">Strong's 2428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whose</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hearts</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּלִבָּֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·lib·bām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had touched</span><br /><span class="heb">נָגַ֥ע</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5060.htm">Strong's 5060: </a> </span><span class="str2">To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·lə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with him.</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/10-26.htm">1 Samuel 10:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/10-26.htm">1 Samuel 10:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/10-26.htm">1 Samuel 10:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/10-26.htm">1 Samuel 10:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/10-26.htm">1 Samuel 10:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/10-26.htm">1 Samuel 10:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/10-26.htm">1 Samuel 10:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/10-26.htm">1 Samuel 10:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/10-26.htm">1 Samuel 10:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/10-26.htm">1 Samuel 10:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/10-26.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 10:26 Saul also went to his house (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/10-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 10:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 10:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/10-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 10:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 10:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>