⁸ He waited seven days according to the appointed time Samuel determined, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army started to slip away from him.^{[a] 9} So Saul said, “Bring here to me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings.” Then he offered up the burnt offering. ¹⁰ Just as^[b] he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Samuel was coming. So Saul went out to meet him and to bless him. ¹¹ But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “Because I saw that the army was scattering^[c] from me and you did not come at the appointed time^[d] 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.”

¹³ Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have behaved foolishly! You have not kept the command of Yahweh your God which he commanded you. For then, Yahweh would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. ¹⁴ But now, your kingdom will not endure. Yahweh has sought for himself a man according to his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him as leader over his people, because you have not kept what Yahweh commanded you.”