12. Then the people exclaimed to Samuel, “Now where are those men who said, ‘Why should Saul rule over us?’ Bring them here, and we will kill them!”
13. But Saul replied, “No one will be executed today, for today the lord has rescued Israel!”
14. Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us all go to Gilgal to renew the kingdom.”
15. So they all went to Gilgal, and in a solemn ceremony before the lord they made Saul king. Then they offered peace offerings to the lord, and Saul and all the Israelites were filled with joy.