^{8 Ref} And he went on waiting there for seven days, the time fixed by Samuel: but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were starting to go away from him.

^{9 Ref} Then Saul said, Come here and give me the burned offering and the peace-offerings. And he made a burned offering to the Lord.

^{10 Ref} And when the burned offering was ended, Samuel came; and Saul went out to see him and to give him a blessing.

^{11 Ref} And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were going away from me, and you had not come at the time which had been fixed, and the Philistines had come together at Michmash;

^{12 Ref} I said, Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal, and I have made no prayer for help to the Lord: and so, forcing myself to do it, I made a burned offering.

^{13 Ref} And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.