1 Samuel 11:15
And all the people went to Galgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Galgal, and they sacrificed there victims of peace before the Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14And Samuel said to the people: Come and let us go to Galgal, and let us renew the kingdom there.
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:19But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said: Nay: but there shall be a king over us.
1 Samuel 10:17And Samuel called together the people to the Lord in Maspha:
1 Samuel 12:13Now therefore your king is here, whom you have chosen and desired: Behold the Lord hath given you a king.
1 Chronicles 29:21And they sacrificed victims to the Lord: and they offered holocausts the next day, a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their libations, and with every thing prescribed most abundantly for all Israel.
James 4:16But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.
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 →