The people proclaimed Saul as king

12 Then the people of Jabesh said to Samuel, “Where are those men who said that they did not want Saul to be our king? Bring them here, and we will kill them!”

13 But Saul replied, “No, we are not going to execute anyone today, because this is the day that Yahweh has saved us Israeli people. It is a day to rejoice, not to kill anyone.”

14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Let’s all go to Gilgal, and there we will again proclaim that Saul is our king.” 15 So they went to Gilgal. There, knowing that Yahweh was watching, they proclaimed that Saul was their king. Then they offered sacrifices to enable them to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. And Saul and all the other Israeli people were very happy.