1 Samuel 11:15
and all the people go to Gilgal, and cause Saul to reign there before Jehovah in Gilgal, and sacrifice there sacrifices of peace-offerings before Jehovah, and there Saul rejoiceth — and all the men of Israel — very greatly.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
14And Samuel saith unto the people, 'Come and we go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there;'
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:19And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, 'Nay, but a king is over us,
1 Samuel 10:17And Samuel calleth the people unto Jehovah to Mizpeh,
1 Samuel 12:13And, now, lo, the king whom ye have chosen — whom ye have asked! and lo, Jehovah hath placed over you a king.
1 Chronicles 29:21And they sacrifice to Jehovah sacrifices, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the morrow of that day, bullocks a thousand, rams a thousand, lambs a thousand, and their oblations, even sacrifices in abundance, for all Israel.
James 4:16and now ye glory in your pride; 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 →