1 Samuel 14:34-36

New English Translation

³⁴ Then Saul said, “Scatter out among the army and say to them, ‘Each of you bring to me your ox and sheep and slaughter them in this spot and eat. But don’t sin against the Lord by eating the blood.” So that night each one brought his ox and slaughtered it there.^{[a] 35} Then Saul built an altar for the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar for the Lord.

³⁶ Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout^[b] them until the break of day.^[c] We won’t leave any of them alive!”^[d] They replied, “Do whatever seems best to you.”^[e] But the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.”