1 Samuel 13:8–14

⁸He waited seven days for the appointed time that Samuel had set, ^lbut 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. ^mYou have not kept the command which the Lord your God gave you. ⁿIt was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel, ^o14but now your reign will not endure. ^pThe Lord has found a man loyal to Him, ^qrand the Lord has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not done what the Lord commanded.”