"And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you. For now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever." v.13
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It seems like not that big of deal thing that Saul sacrificed an offering because he was impatient for Samuel to arrive, Samuel being late. Yet it involved the principle, law and insubordination. "On the one hand it shewed a distrust of God, as though God after choosing him for this work could forsake him in the hour of need: on the other hand it shewed a spirit of self-assertion, as though he could make war by himself without the assistance and counsel of God communicated through His prophet" (Cambridge Bible). This is the first we see of Saul disobeying and thinking he was helping God out or doing fine yet then leads to more of this thinking and actions as we'll see in the next chapters.
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