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1 Samuel 11:14
14Samuel said to the people, ‘Now we will all go to Gilgal. We must all agree that Saul will continue to be our king.’
1 Samuel 11:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
- New International Version (NIV)Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingship.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingdom."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there.”
Context of 1 Samuel 11:14
12The Israelite people said to Samuel, ‘Bring to us those men who said, “We do not want Saul to rule over us.” We must kill them!’ 13Saul said, ‘No, you must not kill anyone today. It is the day when the Lord has rescued Israel's people.’ Samuel said to the people, ‘Now we will all go to Gilgal. We must all agree that Saul will continue to be our king.’ 15So everyone went to Gilgal. They went to the place where they worshipped the Lord. They all agreed that Saul would be their king. They offered peace offerings to the Lord. Saul and all the Israelites were very happy.
Read all of 1 Samuel 111 Samuel 11:14 word by word
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם לְכ֖וּ וְנֵלְכָ֣ה הַגִּלְגָּ֑ל וּנְחַדֵּ֥שׁ שָׁ֖ם הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Samuel 11:14
- 1 Samuel 7:16Every year, he travelled to Bethel, Gilgal and Mizpah. In all those towns he was a judge for the Israelite people.
- 1 Samuel 10:8You must go to Gilgal and then I will come there. I will join with you there to offer burnt offerings and peace offerings to God. You must wait for seven days until I come. When I arrive at Gilgal, I will tell you what you should do.’
- 1 Samuel 10:24Samuel said to all the people, ‘Look! Here is the man that the Lord has chosen. There is nobody like him among all the people.’ Then the people shouted, ‘May the king live for a long time!’
- 1 Samuel 5:3The next morning, the people in Ashdod got up early. They saw that Dagon had fallen down in front of the Lord's Covenant Box. The idol's face was touching the ground. So they took Dagon and they put him back in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 12:38All those men were soldiers who were ready to fight in war. They came to David in Hebron because they wanted to make him king to rule all Israel. All the other Israelites also agreed that David should become king.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 11:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Renew 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Let us go to Gilgal - i. e., to Gilgal by Jericho, where was a famous sanctuary, in the tribe of Benjamin.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-15Verses 12-15 They now honoured Saul whom they had despised; and if an enemy be made a friend, that is more to our advantage than to have him slain. The once despised Saviour will at length be acknowledged by all as the Lord's own anointed king. As yet, upon his mercy-seat, he receives the submission of rebels, and even pleads their cause; but shortly, from his righteous tribunal, he will condemn all who persist in opposing him.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14renew the kingship: “Renew” indicates something was damaged or worn out and is now being restored (see Psalm 51:10). The troublemakers (1 Samuel 10:27; 11:12) may have shaken the people's confidence, but Saul's victory over the Ammonites fixed that.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1512-15. the people said ..., Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us?--The enthusiastic admiration of the people, under the impulse of grateful and generous feelings, would have dealt summary vengeance on the minority who opposed Saul, had not he, either from principle or policy, shown himself as great in clemency as in valor. The calm and sagacious counsel of Samuel directed the popular feelings into a right channel, by appointing a general assembly…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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