¹¹ But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “Because I saw that the army was scattering^[a] from me and you did not come at the appointed time^[b] and that the Philistines had gathered at Micmash,

¹² therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not yet implored the face of Yahweh.’ So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering.”