Gilgal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Gilgal
Ultimately from Hebrew Gilghal “circle (of stones)”
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But when the children of Israel set forth from Gilgal, they came on the third day to their cities.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
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
“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
Saul summoned the Israelites to the Jordan, to Gilgal, where he had been raised to be their chief.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Max Duncker
We have relatively little tradition Southern interests. from North Israel; Beersheba, Beer-lahai-roi and Hebron are more prominent than even Bethel or Shechem, while there are no stories of Gilgal, Shiloh or Dan.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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