1 Samuel 13:11-13

13:11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me ¹  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 obligated ³  to offer the burnt offering.”

13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed ⁴  the commandment that the Lord your God gave ⁵  you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

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

[13:12]  ² tn Heb “said.”

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

[13:13]  ⁴ tn Or “kept.”

[13:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “commanded.”