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[a]So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offerings and the peace offerings,” and he offered up the burnt offerings. 10 Just as he finished offering up the burnt offering, Samuel arrived. Saul went out to greet him. 11 Samuel asked him, “What have you done?” Saul answered, “I did it because the people were drifting away from me, and you had not arrived at the established time, and the Philistines were assembled at Michmash. Read full chapter

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:9 Saul became impatient and took matters in his own hands by offering sacrifice himself, instead of waiting for a priest as prescribed by the law. His disobedience did not sit well with Samuel or with the Lord.