² Kish had a son named Saul, as handsome^(A) a young man as could be found^(B) anywhere in Israel, and he was a head taller^(C) than anyone else.

²⁵ In all Israel there was not a man so highly praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the top of his head to the sole of his foot there was no blemish in him. ²⁶ Whenever he cut the hair of his head^(A)—he used to cut his hair once a year because it became too heavy for him—he would weigh it, and its weight was two hundred shekels^[a] by the royal standard.

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance,^(A) but the Lord looks at the heart.”^(B)

³³ We saw the Nephilim^(A) there (the descendants of Anak^(B) come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers^(C) in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”

² the sons of God^(A) saw that the daughters^(B) of humans were beautiful,^(C) and they married^(D) any of them they chose.

²³ This is what the Lord says:

⁴ A champion named Goliath,^(A) who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.^[a]

²³ They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller^(A) than any of the others. ²⁴ Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the Lord has chosen?^(B) There is no one like^(C) him among all the people.”

Then the people shouted, “Long live^(D) the king!”