Then the king returned. When he arrived at the Jordan, Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and escort him across the Jordan.
1 Samuel 11:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then Samuel said to the people, ‘Come, let’s go to Gilgal, so we can renew the kingship there.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingdom. American Standard Version (1901) Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. Common English Bible “Let’s go to Gilgal,” Samuel told the people, “and renew the monarchy there.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and let us renew the kingdom there." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Samuel said to the people: Come and let us go to Galgal, and let us renew the kingdom there. |
Then the king returned. When he arrived at the Jordan, Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and escort him across the Jordan.
Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal or journey to Beer-sheba, for Gilgal will certainly go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
Afterwards, go ahead of me to Gilgal. I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice fellowship offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what to do.’
Then Samuel said to all Israel, ‘I have carefully listened to everything you said to me and placed a king over you.
When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.
Every year he would go on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah and would judge Israel at all these locations.