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1 Samuel 13:12-13

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13:12 I thought, 1  ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt obligated 2  to offer the burnt offering.”

13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed 3  the commandment that the Lord your God gave 4  you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

1 tn Heb “said.”

2 tn Or “I forced myself” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, CEV); NAB “So in my anxiety I offered”; NIV “I felt compelled.”

3 tn Or “kept.”

4 tn Heb “commanded.”



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