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And now, when the burnt-sacrifice was over, he saw Samuel coming, and went out to greet him. (1 Samuel 13, 10)
What is this thou hast done? Samuel asked. And he answered, I found that men were deserting from my ranks; thou hadst not kept the tryst, and already the Philistines had raised their standard at Machmas. (1 Samuel 13, 11)
But Samuel told him, This was great folly in thee, so to transgress the commands which the Lord thy God had given thee. But for this, the Lord would have destined thee, here and now, to found a line of kings that should have ruled Israel for ever.✻ (1 Samuel 13, 13)
With that, Samuel left him, returning from Galgala to Gabaa in Benjamin. From Galgala, too, Saul and the forces that remained with him went up to Gabaa and the hill-country of Benjamin, to meet the attack; when he counted the roll, there were only some six hundred men to be found in his company. (1 Samuel 13, 15)
But Samuel reminded Saul, It was the Lord that gave me commission to anoint thee king of his people Israel; to his voice thou must needs listen. (1 Samuel 15, 1)
And the Lord’s word came to Samuel, (1 Samuel 15, 10)
I repent, now, of having made Saul king of Israel; he has played me false, and left my command unfulfilled. At this, Samuel was greatly moved, and all night long he pleaded with the Lord. (1 Samuel 15, 11)
At early dawn he rose up, resolved to find Saul that same morning; Saul, he was told, upon reaching the town of Carmel,✻ had set up a monument there in his own honour, but had passed on now and made his way to Galgala. When Samuel reached it, he found Saul offering the Lord burnt-sacrifice, out of the first-fruits of the plunder taken from Amalec. (1 Samuel 15, 12)
And this bleating of sheep, Samuel asked, that comes to my ears, this lowing of oxen that I hear? (1 Samuel 15, 14)
May I tell thee, asked Samuel, the message the Lord has given me in the night? and when Saul bade him speak out, (1 Samuel 15, 16)
What, said Samuel, thinkest thou the Lord’s favour can be won by offering him sacrifice and victim, instead of obeying his divine will? The Lord loves obedience better than any sacrifice, the attentive ear better than the fat of rams. (1 Samuel 15, 22)
Then Saul confessed to Samuel, I have sinned; I have transgressed the Lord’s will and thy command; I was afraid of my own people, and humoured their desire. (1 Samuel 15, 24)
