Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and the army went with him, whose hearts God had touched.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
- BSB Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
- 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 11:4Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people, then all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
- Acts 7:10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
- Josh 18:28Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
- 1 Sam 15:34Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
- Acts 13:48As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
- 2 Sam 21:6let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh.” The king said, “I will give them.”
- Judg 19:12–16His master said to him, “We won’t turn aside into the city of a foreigner that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.”
- Ps 110:3Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
- Judg 20:14The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
- Ezra 1:5Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, the priests, and the Levites, all whose spirit God had stirred to go up rose up to build Yahweh’s house which is 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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