1 Samuel 9:2
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2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, (A)a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. (B)From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.
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2 Samuel 14:25-26
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25 Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. (A)From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. 26 And when he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he (B)cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels[a] by the king's weight.
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- 2 Samuel 14:26 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
1 Samuel 16:7
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7 But the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, (B)but the Lord looks on the heart.”
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Numbers 13:33
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33 And there we saw the (A)Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the (B)Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves (C)like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”
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Genesis 6:2
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2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
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Jeremiah 9:23
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23 Thus says the Lord: (A)“Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,
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1 Samuel 17:4
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4 And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named (A)Goliath of (B)Gath, whose height was six[a] cubits[b] and a span.
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- 1 Samuel 17:4 Hebrew; Septuagint, Dead Sea Scroll and Josephus four
- 1 Samuel 17:4 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
1 Samuel 10:23-24
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23 Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, (A)he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him (B)whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, (C)“Long live the king!”
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