1 Samuel 11 · Verse 14

1 Samuel 11:14

Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
1 Samuel 11:14, King James Version

1 Samuel 11:14 in other translations

BSBThen Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
WEBThen Samuel said to the people, “Come! Let’s go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”
ASVThen said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
YLTAnd Samuel saith unto the people, ‘Come and we go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there;'
DARBYAnd Samuel said to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
BBEThen Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and there make the kingdom strong in the hands of Saul.
WebsterThen said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

What does 1 Samuel 11:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 11:12-15

12-15. the people said ..., Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us?--The enthusiastic admiration of the people, under the impulse of grateful and generous feelings, would have dealt summary vengeance on the minority who opposed Saul, had not he, either from principle or policy, shown himself as great in clemency as in valor. The calm and sagacious counsel of Samuel directed the popular feelings into a right…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 favor. Josephus says that Saul was anointed a second time at this convocation.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 11:12-15

They now honoured Saul whom they had despised; and if an enemy be made a friend, that is more to our advantage than to have him slain. The once despised Saviour will at length be acknowledged by all as the Lord's own anointed king. As yet, upon his mercy-seat, he receives the submission of rebels, and even pleads their cause; but shortly, from his righteous tribunal, he will condemn all who persist in opposing him.

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1 Samuel 11:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
שְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElSamuelH8050
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
לְכ֖וּle.KhucomeH1980
וְנֵלְכָ֣הve.ne.le.Khahso let us goH1980
הַגִּלְגָּ֑לha.gil.Gal<the> GilgalH1537
וּנְחַדֵּ֥שׁu.ne.cha.Deshso we may renewH2318
שָׁ֖םshamthereH8033
הַמְּלוּכָֽה\׃ha.me.lu.Khahthe kingshipH4410

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 11:14

  • 1 Samuel 10:8

    And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.

  • 1 Samuel 7:16

    And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth–el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

  • 1 Chronicles 12:38-39

    All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

  • 1 Samuel 10:24-25

    And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

  • 1 Samuel 5:3

    And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
let us go.
7:16; 10:8
renew.
10:24; 5:3; 1Ch 12:38,39

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 11:13

    And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel.

  • 1 Samuel 11:14

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

  • 1 Samuel 11:15

    And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

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1 Samuel 11:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas Samuel dijo al pueblo: Venid, vamos á Gilgal para que renovemos allí el reino.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Samuel dit au peuple: Venez, et allons à Guilgal, et nous y renouvellerons la royauté.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Samuel sprach zu dem Volke: Kommt laßt uns nach Gilgal gehen und daselbst das Königtum erneuern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixit autem Samuel ad populum: Venite, et eamus in Galgala, et innovemus ibi regnum.