1 Samuel 11:15
So all the people went to Gilgal; and there in Gilgal they made Saul king before the Lord; and peace-offerings were offered before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were glad with great joy.
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1 Samuel 8:19But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,
1 Samuel 10:17Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah;
1 Samuel 12:13Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you.
1 Chronicles 29:21And they made offerings to the Lord, and gave burned offerings to the Lord, on the day after, a thousand oxen, a thousand sheep, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and a great wealth of offerings for all Israel.
James 4:16But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 11:13-15
Sacrifices Offered to God. ( b. c. 1069.) 12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. 13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel. 14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. 15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices… Read the whole commentary →