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1 Samuel 11:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

1 Samuel 11:14

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12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

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.

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 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 10:8

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1 Samuel 12:1

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1 Samuel 7:16

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"And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places."

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2 Samuel 19:15

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"So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan."

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1 Samuel 5:3

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"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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1 Samuel 10:24-25

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"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."

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1 Samuel 11:1

"Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee."

1 Samuel 11:2

"And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel."

1 Samuel 11:3

"And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee."

1 Samuel 11:4

"Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept."

1 Samuel 11:5

"And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh."

1 Samuel 11:6

"And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly."

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