1 Samuel 13:8–14

⁸He waited seven^q days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul’s men began to scatter. ⁹So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings.” And Saul offered^r up the burnt offering. ¹⁰Just as he finished making the offering, Samuel^s arrived, and Saul went out to greet^t him.

¹¹“What have you done?” asked Samuel.

Saul replied, “When I saw that the men were scattering, and that you did not come at the set time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Mikmash,^{u 12}I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal,^v and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.^w’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”

¹³“You have done a foolish thing,^x” Samuel said. “You have not kept^y the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.^{z 14}But now your kingdom^a will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart^b and appointed^c him ruler^d of his people, because you have not kept^e the Lord’s command.”