1 Samuel 11:14

Contextual Overview

¹² And the people said to Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. ¹² Then the people exclaimed to Samuel, "Now where are those men who said, ‘Why should Saul rule over us?' Bring them here, and we will kill them!" 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. ¹² Then the people said to Samuel, "Who didn't want Saul as king? Bring them here and we will kill them!" ¹² Then the people said to Samuel, "Who were the ones asking, ‘Will Saul reign over us?' Hand over those men so we may execute them!" ¹² And the people said to Samuel, Who [is] he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. ¹² The people said to Samuel, Who is he who said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. ¹²The people said to Samuel, "Who is the one who said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring the men, and we will put them to death." ¹² Then the people said to Samuel, "Who is it that said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring the men, that we may put them to death." ¹² And the puple seide to Samuel, Who is this, that seide, Saul schal not regne on vs? Yyue ye the men, and we schulen sle hem.

Bible Verse Review
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let us go: 1 Samuel 7:16, 1 Samuel 10:8

renew: 1 Samuel 10:24, 1 Samuel 5:3, 1 Chronicles 12:38, 1 Chronicles 12:39

Reciprocal: Joshua 4:19 - Gilgal Joshua 10:43 - unto the camp 1 Samuel 12:1 - have made 1 Samuel 13:4 - to Gilgal 2 Samuel 19:15 - Gilgal 1 Kings 1:25 - slain

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Samuel to the people,.... Agreeing to what Saul had said, and in order to put them off from demanding the lives of the offenders, and willing to take them while they were in a good disposition:

come, and let us go to Gilgal; which was the nearest place to them, on the other side Jordan, from which they now were, and where the children of Israel first encamped when they passed over Jordan, where the tabernacle and ark first were, and an altar was built, and where meetings used to be held on certain occasions; all which might be reasons why Samuel proposed to go to this place. According to Bunting d, this place was thirty six miles from Jabeshgilead:

and renew the kingdom there; that is, recognize Saul, own and declare him king of Israel.

d Ut supra. (Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 126.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let us go to Gilgal - i. e., to Gilgal by Jericho, where was a famous sanctuary, in the tribe of Benjamin.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 11:14. 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 favour. Josephus says that Saul was anointed a second time at this convocation.