Gilgal

Facts

The term Gilgal was a town north of Jericho and was the first place that the Israelites camped after crossing the Jordan River to enter Canaan.

At Gilgal, Joshua set up twelve stones taken from the dry river bed of the Jordan River that they had just crossed over.
Gilgal was the city that Elijah and Elisha were leaving as they crossed the Jordan when Elijah was taken up to heaven.
There were also several other places called "Gilgal" in the Old Testament.
The word "gilgal" means "circle of stones," perhaps referring to a place where a circular altar was built. It is also related to the word for something that rolls.
The word almost always occurs in the phrase, "the gilgal," which may indicate that this was a general reference to a kind of place, rather than to a specific place name.