8 Saul waited there seven days for the time that Samuel had said, but Samuel did not arrive at Gilgal, and the army started to desert him.
9 So Saul ordered, "Bring the burnt offering and the friendship offerings to me," and he presented the burnt offering.
10 Just as he finished presenting the burnt offering, he saw Samuel arrive. Saul went over to meet him and say hello.
11 "What have you done?" Samuel asked.
Saul replied, "Well I saw my men were deserting me, and you hadn’t arrived when you said you would, and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash to attack. 12 I said to myself, ‘The Philistines are about to attack me at Gilgal, and I haven’t asked the Lord for his help.’ So I felt I had to present the burnt offering myself."
13 "You’ve been really stupid," Samuel told him. "You haven’t kept the commands of the Lord your God. If you had, the Lord would have made your kingdom over Israel secure forever. 14 But now your kingdom won’t last. The Lord has found for himself a man who thinks like him, and has chosen him as ruler over his people, because you haven’t kept the commands of the Lord."