1 Samuel 11:15
All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal. There they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
World Messianic Bible
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In Context
14Then Samuel said to the people, “Come! Let’s go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:19But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us,
1 Samuel 10:17Samuel called the people together to the LORD to Mizpah;
1 Samuel 12:13Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen and whom you have asked for. Behold, the LORD has set a king over you.
1 Chronicles 29:21They sacrificed sacrifices to the LORD and offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the next day after that day, even one thousand bulls, one thousand rams, and one thousand lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel,
James 4:16But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting 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 →