Gilgal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Gilgal
Ultimately from Hebrew Gilghal “circle (of stones)”
Example Sentences
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But Jonathan’s stroke was the beginning of a movement which might have ended in the final expulsion of the Philistines from the territories of Israel if Saul had not acted foolishly at Gilgal.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie
Gilgal was the first place where the people had encamped under Joshua on crossing the Jordan.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie
But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret errand unto thee, O king."
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
Service before the ark of the covenant on Zion could not but throw into the shade the old places of sacrifice at Shiloh, Bethel, Gibeon, Gilgal, and Nob.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Max Duncker
“And there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal, and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.”
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie
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