And a goodly, Heb. good, i.e. comely and personable, as that word is used, Genesis 6:2; as evil is put for deformed, Genesis 41:19. He was higher than any of the people: a tall stature was much valued in a king in ancient times, and in the eastern countries.
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1 Samuel 9:2
2 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.