1 Samuel 10:23

10:23 So they ran and brought him from there. When he took his position among the people, he stood head and shoulders above them all.

1 Samuel 9:2

9:2 He had a son named Saul, a handsome young man. There was no one among the Israelites more handsome than he was; he stood head and shoulders above all the people.

1 Samuel 10:9

Saul Becomes King

10:9 As Saul 1  turned 2  to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person. 3  All these signs happened on that very day.

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “turned his shoulder.”

3 tn Heb “God turned for him another heart”; NAB, NRSV “gave him another heart”; NIV, NCV “changed Saul’s heart”; TEV “gave Saul a new nature”; CEV “made Saul feel like a different person.”