1 Samuel 13:9

9 So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings.” And Saul offered up the burnt offering.

1 Samuel 13:9 in Other Translations

9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

9 So Saul said, "Bring the burnt offering here to me, and the peace offerings." And he offered the burnt offering.

9 So he demanded, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings!” And Saul sacrificed the burnt offering himself.

9 So Saul took charge: "Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings!" He went ahead and sacrificed the burnt offering.

9 So Saul said, "Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings." Then he offered the burnt offering.

1 Samuel 13:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 13:9

And Saul said
Being impatient, and seeing the people deserting him apace, and unwilling to engage in a battle without first sacrificing to God, and imploring his help and assistance:

bring hither a burnt offering to me;
that is, a creature for a burnt offering, a bullock, sheep, goat, or lamb:

and peace offerings;
which also were either of the herd, or of the flock:

and he offered the burnt offering;
either he himself, or by a priest. In this unsettled time, while the tabernacle, altar, and ark, were at different places, and not yet fixed, it is thought that such who were not priests might offer, and that in high places, and where the tabernacle and altar were not.

1 Samuel 13:9 In-Context

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 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 Mikmash,

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 12:5-14; 2 Samuel 24:25; 1 Kings 3:4