Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
Then Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and there make the kingdom strong in the hands of Saul.
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there."
Then said Samuel to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
Renew the kingdom - The unction of Saul, in the first instance, was a very private act; and his being appointed to be king was not known to the people in general. He had now shown himself worthy to command the people; and Samuel takes advantage of this circumstance to gain the general consent in his favor. Josephus says that Saul was anointed a second time at this convocation.
Let us go to Gilgal - i. e., to Gilgal by Jericho, where was a famous sanctuary, in the tribe of Benjamin.
11:14 Then - While the people were together by Jabesh - gilead, wherein Samuel's great prudence and fidelity to Saul is evident.He suspended the confirmation of Saul at first, whilst the generality of the people were disaffected, and now when he had given such eminent proof of his princely virtues, and when the peoples hearts were eagerly set upon him, he takes this as the fittest season for that work. Renew - That is, confirm our former choice.