Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and the army went with him, whose hearts God had touched.
- KJV And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
- NKJV And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and valiant men went with him, whose hearts God had touched.
- NASB Saul also went to his house in Gibeah; and the valiant men whose hearts God had touched went with him.
- NLT When Saul returned to his home at Gibeah, a group of men whose hearts God had touched went with him.
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Quick answer
Saul returns home to Gibeah accompanied by valiant men whose hearts God had touched. The Lord provides loyal support for the new king.
Overview
That God 'touched' the hearts of these men shows the Lord providentially raising up Saul's first supporters. Their loyalty stands in pointed contrast to the scoffers of the next verse. Even in granting a king Israel should not have demanded, God graciously surrounds him with those moved to serve.
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- 1 Sam 11:4When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
- Acts 7:10and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.
- Josh 18:28Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
- 1 Sam 15:34Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
- Acts 13:48When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
- 2 Sam 21:6let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
- Judg 19:12–16But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
- Ps 110:3Your 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.
- Judg 20:14And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
- Ezra 1:5So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
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The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.
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