Bible Strands
1 Samuel 10:26
Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Saul’s departure immediately after Samuel concludes the covenant ceremony and dismisses the assembled people.
The words — הַ/חַ֕יִל (ha./Cha.yil) translates literally as “the army” or “the force,” identifying the group of men who accompany Saul.
The thread — Gibeah reappears as Saul’s operational base in 1 Samuel 11:4 and 15:34, and Joshua 18:28 lists it among the tribal allotments.
Why it lands — The text states that God’s prior touching of hearts precedes and sustains human allegiance, requiring the reader to distinguish divine initiation from voluntary loyalty.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 11:4 When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
- Joshua 18:28 Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
- 1 Samuel 15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
- Acts 7:10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.
- Judges 19:12 But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
- Judges 20:14 And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
- 2 Samuel 21:6 let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
- Psalms 110:3 Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
- Acts 13:48 When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
- Ezra 1:5 So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.