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11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “Because I saw that the army was scattering[a] from me and you did not come at the appointed time[b] and that the Philistines had gathered at Micmash, 12 therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not yet implored the face of Yahweh.’ So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering.”

13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have behaved foolishly! You have not kept the command of Yahweh your God which he commanded you. For then, Yahweh would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:11 Literally “dispersed themselves”
  2. 1 Samuel 13:11 Literally “according to the appointed time of the days”