1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that their situation was critical
and that their army was hard pressed, they hid in caves and
thickets, among the rocks, and in pits and cisterns.
(7) Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and
Gilead. Saul remained at Gilgal, and all the troops with him were
quaking with fear.
(8) He waited for seven days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel
did not come to Gilgal, and Saul’s men began to scatter.
(9) So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship
offerings.” And Saul offered up the burnt offering.
(10) Just as he finished making the offering, Samuel arrived, and
Saul went out to greet him.
(11) “What have you done?” asked Samuel. Saul replied, “When I
saw that the men were scattering, and that you did not come at
the set time, and that the Philistines were assembling at
Michmash,
(12) I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at
Gilgal, and I have not sought the LORD’s favor.’ So I felt
compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
(13) “You acted foolishly,” Samuel said. “You have not kept
the command the LORD your God gave you; if you had, he would have
established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
(14) But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought
out a man after his own heart and appointed him leader of his
people, because you have not kept the LORD’s command.”