Saul's Unlawful Sacrifice
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1He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.
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So Saul said, "Bring the burnt offering here to me, and the peace offerings." And he offered the burnt offering.
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As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came. And Saul went out to meet him and greet him.
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Samuel said, "What have you done?" And Saul said, "When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines had mustered at Michmash,
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I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.' So I forced myself, and offered the burnt offering."
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And Samuel said to Saul, 2"You have done foolishly. 3You have not kept the command of the LORD your God, with which he commanded you. For then the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
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But now 4your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought out a man 5after his own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you."
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And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal. The rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the army; they went up from Gilgala to 6Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, 7about six hundred men.
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And Saul and Jonathan his son and the people who were present with them stayed in 8Geba of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
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And 9raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
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another company turned toward 10Beth-horon; and another company turned toward the border that looks down on the Valley of 11Zeboim toward the wilderness.
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12Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears."
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But every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle,b
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and the charge was two-thirds of a shekelc for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and a third of a shekeld for sharpening the axes and for setting the goads.e
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So on the day of the battle 13there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan, but Saul and Jonathan his son had them.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
1 Samuel 13:8
Esperou, pois, sete dias, até o tempo que Samuel determinara; não vindo, porém, Samuel a Gilgal, o povo, deixando a Saul, se dispersava.
King James Version KJV
New King James Version NKJV
1 Samuel 13:8
Then he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
Nova Versão Internacional NVIP
1 Samuel 13:8
Ele esperou sete dias, o prazo estabelecido por Samuel; mas este não chegou a Gilgal, e os soldados de Saul começaram a se dispersar.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.
(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)