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They ran and got him there. When he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
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Verse 23. Upwards. God condescended to gratify the desires of the people, who chiefly regarded the stature and corporal qualifications of their king. “Many nations are accustomed to look with veneration on a majestic person, and think none are capable of great exploits except those whom nature has made very handsome.” Curtius vi. See Calmet. 9:2. More civilized nations rather consider the qualities of the mind. Alexander, Agesilaus, and so forth were not of a majestic stature.
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