1 Samuel 13:8–14

⁸He waited seven days for the appointed time that Samuel had set,^p but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the troops were deserting him. ⁹So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings.” Then he offered the burnt offering.

¹⁰Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived. So Saul went out to greet him, ¹¹and Samuel asked, “What have you done?”

Saul answered, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me and you didn’t come within the appointed days and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash, ¹²I thought, ‘The Philistines will now descend on me at Gilgal, and I haven’t sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering.”

¹³Samuel said to Saul, “You have been foolish.^q You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you.^r It was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel,^{s 14}but now your reign will not endure.^t The Lord has found a man after his own heart,^Au and the Lord has appointed him as ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord commanded.”