The people said to Samuel, Who is he who said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
The people now gave united support to Saul as their king at Gilgal. This is the first of three significant meetings of Samuel and Saul at Gilgal. The second was the time Saul failed to wait for the prophet, offered a sacrifice prematurely, and received the prophet’s rebuke (1 Samuel 13:7-14). The third meeting was when God rejected Saul as king for his disobedient pride following his victory over the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:10-26).