1 Samuel 11:15

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

¹⁴ Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”

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: 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.
KJV: And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
WEB: 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.
ASV: And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Jehovah in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before Jehovah; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
DARBY: And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Jehovah in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed peace-offerings before Jehovah. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.
BLB: And all the people went to Gilgal, and they made Saul king there before the face of YHWH in Gilgal. And they made sacrifices there of peace offerings before the face of YHWH, and there Saul rejoiced, and all the men of Israel, very greatly.

ÅB: Da gikk alt folket til Gilgal, og der i Gilgal gjorde de Saul til konge for Herrens åsyn; og de ofret der takkoffer for Herrens åsyn. Og Saul og alle Israels menn gledet seg der storlig.
OTB: Så gikk hele folket til Gilgal, og der gjorde de Saul til konge for Herrens åsyn i Gilgal. Der ofret de fredsofre for Herren, og Saul og alle Israels menn gledet seg stort.
B1930: Da gikk alt folket til Gilgal, og der i Gilgal gjorde de Saul til konge for Herrens åsyn; og de ofret der takkoffer for Herrens åsyn. Og Saul og alle Israels menn gledet sig der storlig.

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 10:17
After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
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1 Chronicles 29:21–24
The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
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1 Samuel 12:13–15
Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.
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Hosea 13:10–11
Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
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Exodus 24:5
Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
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1 Samuel 12:17
Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
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1 Samuel 8:19
Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
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