Verse 21

And Saul{H7586} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Am not I a Benjamite,{H1145} of the smallest{H6996} of the tribes{H7626} of Israel?{H3478} and my family{H4940} the least{H6810} of all the families{H4940} of the tribe{H7626} of Benjamin?{H1144} wherefore then speakest{H1696} thou to me after{H1697} this manner?

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 15:17 : 17 And Samuel{H8050} said,{H559} Though thou wast little{H6996} in thine own sight,{H5869} wast thou not made the head{H7218} of the tribes{H7626} of Israel?{H3478} And Jehovah{H3068} anointed{H4886} thee king{H4428} over Israel;{H3478}
  • Judg 20:46-48 : 46 So that all who fell{H5307} that day{H3117} of Benjamin{H1144} were twenty{H6242} and five{H2568} thousand{H505} men{H376} that drew{H8025} the sword;{H2719} all these [were] men{H582} of valor.{H2428} 47 But six{H8337} hundred{H3967} men{H376} turned{H6437} and fled{H5127} toward the wilderness{H4057} unto the rock{H5553} of Rimmon,{H7417} and abode{H3427} in the rock{H5553} of Rimmon{H7417} four{H702} months.{H2320} 48 And the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} turned again{H7725} upon the children{H1121} of Benjamin,{H1144} and smote{H5221} them with the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} both the entire{H4974} city,{H5892} and{H5704} the cattle,{H929} and all that they found:{H4672} moreover all the cities{H5892} which they found{H4672} they set{H7971} on fire.{H784}
  • Ps 68:27 : 27 There is little{H6810} Benjamin{H1144} their ruler,{H7287} The princes{H8269} of Judah{H3063} [and] their council,{H7277} The princes{H8269} of Zebulun,{H2074} the princes{H8269} of Naphtali.{H5321}
  • Hos 13:1 : 1 When Ephraim{H669} spake,{H1696} there was trembling;{H7578} he exalted{H5375} himself in Israel;{H3478} but when he offended{H816} in Baal,{H1168} he died.{H4191}
  • Luke 14:11 : 11 For{G3754} every one{G3956} that exalteth{G5312} himself{G1438} shall be humbled;{G5013} and{G2532} he that{G3588} humbleth{G5013} himself{G1438} shall be exalted.{G5312}
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me,{G1698} who am{G3588} less than the least{G1647} of all{G3956} saints,{G40} was{G1325} this{G3778} grace{G5485} given,{G1325} to preach{G2097} unto{G1722} the Gentiles{G1484} the unsearchable{G421} riches{G4149} of Christ;{G5547}
  • 1 Sam 10:27 : 27 But certain worthless{H1100} fellows{H1121} said,{H559} How shall this man save{H3467} us? And they despised{H959} him, and brought{H935} him no present.{H4503} But he held his peace.{H2790}
  • 1 Sam 18:18 : 18 And David{H1732} said{H559} unto Saul,{H7586} Who am I, and what is my life,{H2416} [or] my father's{H1} family{H4940} in Israel,{H3478} that I should be son-in-law{H2860} to the king?{H4428}
  • 1 Sam 18:23 : 23 And Saul's{H7586} servants{H5650} spake{H1696} those words{H1697} in the ears{H241} of David.{H1732} And David{H1732} said,{H559} Seemeth{H5869} it to you a light{H7043} thing to be the king's{H4428} son-in-law,{H2859} seeing that I am a poor{H7326} man,{H376} and lightly esteemed?{H7034}
  • Judg 6:14-15 : 14 And Jehovah{H3068} looked{H6437} upon him, and said,{H559} Go{H3212} in this thy might,{H3581} and save{H3467} Israel{H3478} from the hand{H3709} of Midian:{H4080} have not I sent{H7971} thee? 15 And he said{H559} unto him, Oh,{H994} Lord,{H136} wherewith{H4100} shall I save{H3467} Israel?{H3478} behold, my family{H504} is the poorest{H1800} in Manasseh,{H4519} and I am the least{H6810} in my father's{H1} house.{H1004}