1 Samuel 13:11-13

Context

13:11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me¹ 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 obligated³ to offer the burnt offering.”

13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed⁴ the commandment that the Lord your God gave⁵ you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

[13:11] ¹tn Heb “dispersed from upon me.”

[13:12] ²tn Heb “said.”

[13:12] ³tn Or “I forced myself” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, CEV); NAB “So in my anxiety I offered”; NIV “I felt compelled.”

[13:13] ³tn Or “kept.”

[13:13] ⁴tn Heb “commanded.”