¹² I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal,^(A) and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.^(B)’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”

¹³ “You have done a foolish thing,^(A)” Samuel said. “You have not kept^(B) the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.^(C)