1 Samuel 11:15
And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Jehovah in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed peace-offerings before Jehovah. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
14And Samuel said to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:19And the people refused to hearken to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but there shall be a king over us,
1 Samuel 10:17And Samuel called the people together to Jehovah to Mizpah.
1 Samuel 12:13And now behold, the king whom ye have chosen, whom ye have asked for! and behold, Jehovah has set a king over you.
1 Chronicles 29:21And they sacrificed sacrifices to Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings to Jehovah, on the morrow after that day: a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
James 4:16But now ye glory in your vauntings: 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 →