Difference between revisions of "Gilgal"

<p> '''Gilgal''' (''gĭ'' ''l'găl'' ), ''rolling.'' [[I.]] The name of the first station of the Israelites after crossing the Jordan, &nbsp;Joshua 4:19-20, where the twelve stones were set up, and the tabernacle remained until removed to Shiloh. &nbsp;Joshua 18:1. Samuel judged, and Saul was made king there; &nbsp;1 Samuel 7:16; &nbsp;1 Samuel 10:8; &nbsp;1 Samuel 11:14-15; at Gilgal the people gathered for war; there Agag was hewn in pieces. &nbsp;1 Samuel 13:4-7; &nbsp;1 Samuel 15:33. Gilgal is not named in the New Testament. Josephus places this Gilgal 10 furlongs from Jericho and 50 from the Jordan: [[Jerome]] had it pointed out 2 miles from Jericho. 2. The Gitgal in Elijah's time was above Bethel, since the prophet "went down" from that Gilgal to Bethel. &nbsp;2 Kings 2:2. As Bethel is 3300 feet above the Jordan plain, it must have been a Gilgal not in that plain, It has been identified with Jiljilia, 8 miles north of Bethel, where the school of the prophets was probably established. 3. Gilgal of &nbsp;Joshua 12:23 is supposed to be at a Jiljûlieh, near Antipatris, in the plain of Sharon. </p>