1 Chronicles 12:38; 1 Chronicles 12:39; 1 Samuel 10:24; 1 Samuel 10:8; 1 Samuel 5:3; 1 Samuel 7:16
Let us go to Gilgal - i. e., to Gilgal by Jericho, where was a famous sanctuary, in the tribe of Benjamin.
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...
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 ins...
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 the...
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 o...
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 s...
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 p...
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...
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 Ammo...
(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 th...
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 wil...
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...
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 mor...
The first test of Saul's prowess is made by Nahash, the Ammonite. His name means "serpent" and Ammon means "peoplish." This expression "peoplish" rem...
Sacrifices Offered to God. B. C. 1069. ...
Then; whilst the people were together by Jabesh-gilead, wherein Samuel's great prudence and fidelity to Saul is evident. He suspended the confirmat...
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...
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 Sau...
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....
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 n...
CONFIRMATION OF SAUL IN THE KINGDOM (1Sa 11:1-15; 1 Samuel 12:1-9 .). EXPOSITION THE DEFEAT OF THE AMMONITES ( 1 Samuel...
The Utter Overthrow of the Ammonites
Then said Samuel to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there, by a solemn confirmation and open acknowledgment of the el...
Then — While the people were together by Jabesh — gilead, wherein Samuel's great prudence and fidelity to Saul is evident. He suspended the confirm...
14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.