1 Samuel 13:1-14

1Saul was 1thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for 2forty-two years over Israel.

2Now Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel, of whom two thousand were with Saul in 3Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while a thousand were with Jonathan at 4Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent the rest of the people away, each to his tent. 3And Jonathan attacked 5the garrison of the Philistines that was in 6Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul 7blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!” 4And all Israel heard 8the news that Saul had attacked the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel 9had become repulsive to the Philistines. Then the people were summoned 10to Saul at Gilgal.

5Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and 11people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of 12Beth-aven. 6When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard-pressed), then 13the people kept themselves hidden in caves, in crevices, in cliffs, in crypts, and in pits. 7And some of the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of 14Gad and Gilead. But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him, trembling.

8Now 15he waited for seven days, until the appointed time that Samuel had set, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. 9So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And 16he offered the burnt offering. 10But as soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and 17Saul went out to meet him and to 18greet him. 11But Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “Since I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come at the appointed 19time, and that 20the Philistines were assembling at Michmash, 12I 21thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not 22asked the favor of the Lord.’ So I worked up the courage and offered the burnt offering.” 13But Samuel said to Saul, “23You have acted foolishly! 24You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for the Lord would now have established your kingdom 25over Israel 26forever. 14But 27now your kingdom shall not endure. 28The Lord has sought for Himself a man 29after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”