Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
From his shoulders
Bible References
Choice
1 Samuel 16:7
And the LORD replied unto Samuel, Do not look on his countenance or on the height of his stature because I have refused him, for it is not as man sees, for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.
Genesis 6:2
that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair, and they took for themselves wives of all whom they chose.
2 Samuel 14:25
And in all Israel there was no one to be so greatly praised as Absalom for his beauty; from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
Jeremiah 9:23
Thus hath the LORD said, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
From his shoulders
1 Samuel 10:23
And they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
1 Samuel 17:4
And a man named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span, came out of the camp of the Philistines and stood between the two camps.
Numbers 13:33
And there we saw giants, the sons of Anak, of the race of the giants; and we were in our own sight as locusts, and so we were in their sight.