1 Samuel 11:14
Then Samuel said to the people, “Come! Let’s go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
In Context
13Saul said, “No man shall be put to death today; for today the LORD has rescued Israel.”
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:3When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark. They took Dagon and set him in his place again.
1 Samuel 10:8“Go down ahead of me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings. Wait seven days, until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”
1 Chronicles 12:38All these were men of war who could order the battle array, and came with a perfect heart to Hebron to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
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 →