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Gilgal in Naves Topical Bible

1. Place of the first encampment of the Israelites west of the Jordan River Jos 4:19; 9:6; 10:6,43; 14:6 Monument erected in, to commemorate the passage across the Jordan River by the people of Israel Jos 4:19-24 Circumcision renewed at Jos 5:2-9 Passover kept at Jos 5:10,11 Manna ceased at, after the Passover Jos 5:12 Quarries at Ju...

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Gilgal Scripture - 1 Samuel 15:33

And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal....

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Gilgal in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a wheel; rolling). 1. The site of the first camp of the Israelites on the west of the Jordan, the place at which they passed the first night after crossing the river, and where the twelve stones were set up which had been taken from the bed of the stream, Jos 4:19,20 comp. Josh 4:3 where also they kept the first passover in the land of Cana...

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Gilgal Scripture - 2 Samuel 19:40

Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel....

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Gilgal in Easton's Bible Dictionary

rolling. (1.) From the solemn transaction of the reading of the law in the valley of Shechem between Ebal and Gerizim the Israelites moved forward to Gilgal, and there made a permanent camp (Josh. 9:6; 10:6). It was "beside the oaks of Moreh," near which Abraham erected his first altar (Gen. 12:6, 7). This was one of the three towns to wh...

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Gilgal Scripture - 1 Samuel 15:12

And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal....

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