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Strong's #1537 - גִּלְגָּל
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- Gilgal = "a wheel, rolling"
- the first site of an Israelite camp west of the Jordan, east of Jericho, here Samuel was judge, and Saul was made king; later used for illicit worship
- dwelling place of prophets in northern Israel about four miles (7 km) from Shiloh and Bethel
- a region conquered by Joshua, site unsure
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1 place east of Jericho, where Israel lay encamped Joshua 4:19,20; Joshua 5:9,10; Joshua 9:6; Joshua 10:7,9; Joshua 14:6 compare also Micah 6:5 & Judges 3:19 הַמְּסִילִים׳אֲשֶׁר אֶתהַֿגּ;? modern Tell Jeljul Bd Pal 169; perhaps also the place where sacrifices were offered 1 Samuel 10:8; 1 Samuel 11:14,15 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 13:4,7,8,12,15 (in 1 Samuel 13:15 insert also with other words, Dr compare We) 1 Samuel 15:12,21,33; place of illicit sacrifice Hosea 4:15; Hosea 9:15; Hosea 12:12; Amos 4:4; Amos 5:5 (twice in verse), named also Judges 2:1; 1 Samuel 7:16; 2 Samuel 19:16; 2 Samuel 19:41; ? = בֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל Nehemiah 12:29.
2 place on border between Judah & Benjamin Joshua 15:17 (= גְּלִילוֺת Joshua 18:17 compare Di).
3 place in Northern Israel, dwelling of prophets 2 Kings 2:1; 2 Kings 4:38, modern Jiljilie south from Nâbulus, southwest from Seilûn (Shiloh) compare Di Ri HWB 518.
4 place in Northern Israel near Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal Deuteronomy 11:30, identification with
3 by Ke Ri HWB 518 Schenkel BL SS; but compare Di.
5 in phrase מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם לְגִּלְגָּל Joshua 12:23, in list of Canaanitish kings; probably name of a (northern) district compare Di (B βασιλέα Γεεὶ τῆς Γαλιλαίας — but ᵐ5 L & Manuscripts Γοειμ τῆς Γελγελ); Di compare Isaiah 8:23.
גִּלְגָּל m.
(1) a wheel, Isaiah 28:28.
(2) with art. הַגִּלְגָּל (“a circle,” or according to Joshua 5:9, “a rolling away”), Gilgal, pr.n. [a] of a town situated between Jericho and the Jordan (Joshua 4:19, 20 Joshua 4:20, 9:6 10:6, Joshua 10:7, 14:6 15:7 ), where Samuel and Saul sacrificed (1 Samuel 10:8, 11:14, 15 1 Samuel 11:15 -13:49 ; 15:21, 33 1 Samuel 15:33), and where prophets dwelt, 2 Kings 4:38, but where also the worship of idols was practised (Judges 3:19; Hosea 4:15, 9:15 Amos 5:5); more fully בֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל Nehemiah 12:29 Γάλγαλα, 1Ma_9:2. The village mentioned, Joshua 12:23; Deuteronomy 11:30, does not appear to have been different.
[“(b) a place or region near the western coast of Palestine, Joshua 12:23.”]
