1 Samuel 9:2

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and goodly man. And there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he appeared above all the people.

Cross References

1 Samuel 16:7

And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him. Nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.

Numbers 13:33

And they spoke ill of the land, which they had viewed, before the children of Israel, saying: The land which we have viewed devoureth its inhabitants. The people, that we beheld, are of a tall stature.

Genesis 6:2

The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took themselves wives of all which they chose.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory in his riches:

1 Samuel 17:4

And there went out a man baseborn from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath, of Geth, whose height was six cubits and a span.

1 Samuel 9:3

And the asses of Cis, Sauls father, were lost. And Cis said to his son Saul: Take one of the servants with thee; and arise. Go, and seek the asses. And when they had passed through mount Ephraim,

1 Samuel 10:21

And he brought the tribe of Benjamin and the kindreds thereof, and the lot fell Upon the kindred of Metri: and it came to Saul the son of Cis. They sought him therefore and he was not found.

1 Chronicles 8:33

And Ner begot Cis, and Cis begot Saul. And Saul begot Jonathan and Melchisua, and Abinadab, and Esbaal.