1 Samuel 11:12-15

The Kingdom Is Renewed

12 Then the people said to Samuel, ¹"Who is it that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?'²Bring the men, that we may put them to death."

13 But Saul said, ³"Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today ⁴the LORD has worked ⁵salvation in Israel."

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

15 So all the people went to ⁶Gilgal, and there they made Saul king ⁷before the LORD in Gilgal. There ⁸they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

1 Samuel 11:12-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 11

This chapter relates the distress the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead were in on account of the Ammonites, 1Sa 11:1-3 upon which they sent messengers to Saul, whose spirit was immediately stirred up to help them, 1Sa 11:4-6, and prepared for it, and came up soon enough for their relief, and slew their enemies, 1Sa 11:7-11, which gained him much honour and reputation among the people, and occasioned the renewal of the kingdom to him, 1Sa 11:12-15.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Samuel 10:27
• 2. [Luke 19:27]
• 3. 2 Samuel 19:22
• 4. [1 Samuel 19:5; Exodus 14:13]
• 5. ver. 9
• 6. 1 Samuel 10:8
• 7. 1 Samuel 15:33; [1 Samuel 10:17; Judges 11:11]
• 8. 1 Samuel 10:8