11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “Since I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come at the appointed [a]time, and that (A)the Philistines were assembling at Michmash, 12 I [b]thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not [c]asked the favor of the Lord.’ So I worked up the courage and offered the burnt offering.” 13 But Samuel said to Saul, “(B)You have acted foolishly! (C)You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for the Lord would now have established your kingdom [d]over Israel (D)forever.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:11 Lit time of days
  2. 1 Samuel 13:12 Lit said
  3. 1 Samuel 13:12 Or appeased
  4. 1 Samuel 13:13 Lit to

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