1 Samuel 11:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. ”

1 Samuel 11:14 - Albert 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.
1 Samuel 11:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 11. Saul Delivers Jabesh-gilead and Is Made King. (J) continues the ancient narrative, sequel to 1 Samuel 10:16 . Putting aside 1 Samuel 11:12-14 , inserted by an editor to connect this...
1 Samuel 11:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 appoi...
1 Samuel 11:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Samuel 11:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Saul subdues the Ammonites This chapter is entirely in the spirit of the narratives in Judges; from 1 Samuel 11:15 , it seems to be independent of 1 Samuel 10 but 1 Samuel 11:12 points back t...
1 Samuel 11:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal. — This was the well-known sanctuary of that name, and was selected as the place of solemn assembly, no doubt, because it was in the no...
1 Samuel 11:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XV. THE RELIEF OF JABESH-GILEAD. 1 Samuel 11:1-15 . PRIMITIVE though the state of society was in those days in Israel, we are hardly prepared to find Saul following the herd in the fie...
1 Samuel 11:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the New King's Good Beginning 1 Samuel 11:1-15 A hundred years before, the Ammonites had been defeated by Jephthah; now they were beleaguering Jabesh-gilead. Help seemed impossible. But when th...
1 Samuel 11:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

It would seem as though Saul, going down as he did to his house in Gibeah, did not take up the active responsibilities of the kingship until the Ammonite invasion occurred. This would seem to have st...
1 Samuel 11:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(14) Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. (15) And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and t...
1 Samuel 11:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 dispos...
1 Samuel 11:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. Ver. 14. And renew the kingdom there, ] i.e., The covenant of the kingdom between the new king and...
1 Samuel 11:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then said Samuel While the people were together by Jabesh- gilead. Come, and let us renew the kingdom That is, confirm our former choice, and more solemnly and unanimously inaugurate Saul for our...
1 Samuel 11:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The first test of Saul's prowess is made by Nahash, the Ammonite. His name means "serpent" and Ammon means "peoplish." This expression "peoplish" reminds us of humanism, which makes everything of man...
1 Samuel 11:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sacrifices Offered to God. B. C. 1069. 12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he...
1 Samuel 11:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then; whilst the people were together by Jabesh-gilead, wherein Samuel's great prudence and fidelity to Saul is evident. He suspended the confirmation to Saul at first, whilst the generality of the...
1 Samuel 11:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

All Opposition To Saul's Kingship Now Having Been Put To Shame, Saul Is Officially Crowned as King of Israel ( 1 Samuel 11:12-15 ). The returning Saul arrived back in triumph and the vast majority...
1 Samuel 11:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 11:4 . “Told the tidings in the ears of the people.” Either they were not aware of the election of Saul, as Keil supposes, or they did not approve of hi...
1 Samuel 11:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 11:1 . Then Nahash. Septuagint: “Then within about a month Nahash, &c.” 1 Samuel 11:2 . That I may thrust out all your right eyes. This was a cruel reply to men who solicited a co...
1 Samuel 11:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Come and let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there. The renewing of the kingdom! “Gilgal!” The word means a wheel, a revolution. And is not the great circumference of the year, measured a...
1 Samuel 11:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

CONFIRMATION OF SAUL IN THE KINGDOM (1Sa 11:1-15; 1 Samuel 12:1-9 .). EXPOSITION THE DEFEAT OF THE AMMONITES ( 1 Samuel 11:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 11:1 , 1 Samuel 11:2...
1 Samuel 11:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Utter Overthrow of the Ammonites
1 Samuel 11:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 12:38 ; 1 Chronicles 12:39 ; 1 Samuel 10:24 ; 1 Samuel 10:8 ; 1 Samuel 5:3 ; 1 Samuel 7:16
1 Samuel 11:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 t...

1 Samuel 11:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 11:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 11:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 11:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 11:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 11:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 11:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 11:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 11:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 11:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 11:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 11:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 11:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 11:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 11:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 11:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 11:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 11:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 11:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 11:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 11:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 11:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 11:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 11:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes