1 Samuel 11:12-15

English Standard Version

The Kingdom Is Renewed

¹² Then the people said to Samuel, ^(A)“Who is it that said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ ^(B)Bring the men, that we may put them to death.” ¹³ But Saul said, ^(C)“Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today ^(D)the Lord has worked ^(E)salvation 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 ^(F)Gilgal, and there they made Saul king ^(G)before the Lord in Gilgal. There ^(H)they sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.