1 Samuel 13:11-13

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹¹ and Samuel asked, “What have you done?”

Saul answered, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me and you didn’t come within the appointed days and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash, ¹² I thought: The Philistines will now descend on me at Gilgal, and I haven’t sought the Lord’s favor. So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering.”

¹³ Samuel said to Saul, “You have been foolish.^(A) You have not kept the command which the Lord your God gave you.^(B) It was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel,^(C)