1 Samuel 13:11

11 pero Samuel preguntó:
—¿Qué has hecho?
Saúl le contestó:
—Vi que mis hombres me abandonaban, y que tú no llegabas cuando prometiste, y que los filisteos ya están en Micmas, listos para la batalla.

1 Samuel 13:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 13:11

And Samuel said, what hast thou done?
This question he put to bring him to a confession of what he had done, otherwise he guessed at it by his countenance; or rather, by the prophetic spirit he was endowed with, he knew it certainly that he had offered the sacrifices without waiting for him:

and Saul said because I saw the people were scattered from me;
they were deserting, and he feared, if he stayed any longer, they would all leave him; this was one reason of doing what he did:

and that thou camest not within the days appointed;
seven days were appointed, and because the seventh day was come, though it was not gone, he concluded Samuel would not come at all; and that was another reason why he did what he did; and by this would have laid the blame on Samuel, as if he did not keep his time; whereas it was Saul's impatience that hurried him to this action:

and that the Philistines gathered themselves together to Michmash;
where his station before was, and from thence he might quickly expect them at Gilgal; and this was another reason why he hastened the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 13:11 In-Context

9 de modo que ordenó: «¡Tráiganme la ofrenda quemada y las ofrendas de paz!». Y Saúl mismo sacrificó la ofrenda quemada.

10 Precisamente cuando Saúl terminaba de sacrificar la ofrenda quemada, llegó Samuel. Saúl salió a recibirlo,

11 pero Samuel preguntó:
—¿Qué has hecho?
Saúl le contestó:
—Vi que mis hombres me abandonaban, y que tú no llegabas cuando prometiste, y que los filisteos ya están en Micmas, listos para la batalla.

12 Así que dije: “¡Los filisteos están listos para marchar contra nosotros en Gilgal, y yo ni siquiera he pedido ayuda al Señor
!”. De manera que me vi obligado a ofrecer yo mismo la ofrenda quemada antes de que tú llegaras.

13 —¡Qué tontería! —exclamó Samuel—. No obedeciste al mandato que te dio el Señor
tu Dios. Si lo hubieras obedecido, el Señor
habría establecido tu reinado sobre Israel para siempre.