1 Samuel 11:12–15

SAUL’S CONFIRMATION AS KING

12 Afterward, the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should notD reign over us?b Give us those men so we can kill them!”c

13 But Saul ordered, “No one will be executed this day, for today the Lord has provided deliverance in Israel.”d

14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let’s go to Gilgal, so we can renew the kingship there.” 15 So all the people went to Gilgal, and there in the Lord’s presencee they made Saul king. There they sacrificed fellowship offeringsf in the Lord’s presence, and Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.