²³ So they found him and brought him out, and he stood head and shoulders above anyone else.

² His son Saul was the most handsome man in Israel—head and shoulders taller than anyone else in the land.

⁴ Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He was over nine feet^[a] tall!

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”