Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.
Since Saul returned to Gilgal to offer sacrifices, it is possible that this was the site of the tabernacle (1 Samuel 14:12; 1 Samuel 14:15; cf. 1 Samuel 10:8; 1 Samuel 13:8-10). If this was the Gilgal in the Jordan Valley, it was where the Israelites had pitched the tabernacle first in Canaan after they crossed the Jordan River in Joshua’s day (Joshua 4:19). On the other hand, the Israelites offered sacrifices at places other than the tabernacle after they entered the Promised Land. We cannot say for sure that Saul went to Gilgal because the tabernacle was there.