1Sa 13:8-12 | TNotes | STEP | 13:8 seven days ... as Samuel had instructed: This instruction most likely was not the instruction in 10:8 but an unrecorded instruction on a separate occasion (see study note on 10:8).

a13:8►

b10:8►

c13:9►

dExod 24:5►

e32:6►

fNum 10:10►

g15:8►

hDeut 27:6-7►

i13:10►

j13:11►

kGen 3:13►

l13:12►

m7:7-11►

‏ 1 Samuel 13:8-12

13:8 ^a seven days ... as Samuel had instructed: This instruction most likely was not the instruction in 10:8 ^b but an unrecorded instruction on a separate occasion (see study note on 10:8).
13:9 ^c the burnt offering and the peace offerings: These general-purpose offerings (see Exod 24:5 ^d; 32:6 ^e; Num 10:10 ^f; 15:8 ^g; Deut 27:6-7 ^h) were always offered on a solemn occasion filled with either danger or joy. Typically, only priests were to offer these sacrifices (but see study note on 1 Sam 13:13).
13:10 ⁱ meet and welcome: Saul seemed unaware he had done anything wrong.
13:11 ^j What is this you have done? Samuel’s question was a rebuke, not a request for information (cp. Gen 3:13 ^k).
13:12 ^l asked for the Lord’s help: The purpose of the burnt offering was to entreat God to grant victory in battle. Samuel himself had offered a similar sacrifice, which did lead to victory in battle (see 7:7-11 ^m). But Samuel, unlike Saul, served in a priestly role.