Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
In this incident we also see Saul humble and hardworking (1 Samuel 11:5). God’s Spirit empowered him (1 Samuel 11:6), and gave him wisdom (1 Samuel 11:7-8) and victory (1 Samuel 11:11). Saul gave God the glory for his success, and he was merciful and forgiving toward his critics (1 Samuel 11:13). God also gave him favor in the eyes of His people (1 Samuel 11:15; cf. 1 Samuel 2:30; Proverbs 16:7).