²³ They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller^(A) than any of the others.

² Kish had a son named Saul, as handsome^(A) a young man as could be found^(B) anywhere in Israel, and he was a head taller^(C) than anyone else.

⁴ A champion named Goliath,^(A) who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.^[a]

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance,^(A) but the Lord looks at the heart.”^(B)