the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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1 Samuel 11:14
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
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.
