13:11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me 1 and that you didn’t come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash, 13:12 I thought, 2 ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt obligated 3 to offer the burnt offering.”
13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed 4 the commandment that the Lord your God gave 5 you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!
1 tn Heb “dispersed from upon me.”
2 tn Heb “said.”
3 tn Or “I forced myself” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, CEV); NAB “So in my anxiety I offered”; NIV “I felt compelled.”
3 tn Or “kept.”
4 tn Heb “commanded.”