1 Samuel 9:2

whose name was Saul Heb. Shâûl = "asked." It occurs as the name (a) of an Edomite prince (Genesis 36:37-38); (b) of a son of Simeon (Genesis 46:10); (c) of a Kohathite in the genealogy of Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:24); (d) of Saul of Tarsus, "who is also called Paul" (Acts 7:58, &c.); and thus it became "the most distinguished name in the genealogies of the tribe of Benjamin," in the N.T. as well as in the O.T. (Philippians 3:5).

a choice young man, and a goodly Choice and goodly. Cp. 1 Samuel 10:24. Physical qualifications of stature, strength and beauty are a natural commendation for the dignity of a king, especially in warlike ages. Euripides speaks of εῖδος ἄξιον τυραννίδος, -form worthy to rule."

Ajax appears in Homer (Il.III. 227) as

"Towering o'er all with head and shoulders broads;"

and Turnus, in Virgil (Aen. VII. 784),

"Out-tops the foremost chieftains by a head."