1 Samuel 11:15
So all the people went to Gilgal, and made Saul King there before the Lord in Gilgal: and there they offered peace offerings before the Lord: and there Saul and all the men of Israel reioyced exceedingly.
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In Context
14Then saide Samuel vnto ye people, Come, that we may goe to Gilgal, and renue the kingdome there.
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:19But the people would not heare the voyce of Samuel, but did say, Nay, but there shall be a King ouer vs.
1 Samuel 10:17And Samuel assembled the people vnto the Lord in Mizpeh,
1 Samuel 12:13Nowe therefore beholde the King whome yee haue chosen, and whome yee haue desired: loe therefore, the Lord hath set a King ouer you.
1 Chronicles 29:21And they offred sacrifices vnto the Lord, and on the morowe after that day, they offered burnt offrings vnto the Lord, euen a thousande yong bullocks, a thousand rammes and a thousand sheepe, with their drinke offrings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
James 4:16But now ye reioyce in your boastings: all such reioycing is euill.
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 →