1. 1 Samuel 11:14 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Whose kingdom is being reaffirmed?

1 Samuel 11:14 (ESV)

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

It is likely that both the kingship of Saul and the kingship of the Lord is in view. In terms of Saul, the men who had previously doubted him (1 Samuel 10:27) were given another chance to pledge their allegiance.1 In terms of the Lord, the people as a whole were called to reaffirm their commitment to the Lord following their sinful request for a king like that of the nations.2