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1 Samuel 11:14

SamuelGilgal

12 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”

13 But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”

Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”

15 So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.

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BSB
Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
KJV
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
WEB
Then Samuel said to the people, “Come! Let’s go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”
ASV
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
DARBY
And Samuel said to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
BLB
And Samuel said to the people, “Come, and we go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there.”
ÅB
Og Samuel sa til folket: Kom, la oss gå til Gilgal for å stadfeste kongedømmet der!
OTB
Samuel talte da til folket: «Kom, la oss gå til Gilgal for å fornye kongedømmet der.»
B1930
Og Samuel sa til folket: Kom, la oss gå til Gilgal for å stadfeste kongedømmet der!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 10:8

    And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”

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  • 1 Samuel 7:16

    Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.

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  • 1 Chronicles 12:38–39

    All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.

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  • 1 Samuel 10:24–25

    Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

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  • 1 Samuel 5:3

    When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.

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