1 Samuel 13:12-13

13:12 I thought, ¹  ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt obligated ²  to offer the burnt offering.”

13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed ³  the commandment that the Lord your God gave ⁴  you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

[13:12]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[13:12]  ² tn Or “I forced myself” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, CEV); NAB “So in my anxiety I offered”; NIV “I felt compelled.”

[13:13]  ³ tn Or “kept.”

[13:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “commanded.”