“But as it is, your kingship will not be established. Adonai has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Adonai has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you did not observe what Adonai ordered you to do.”-1 Samuel 13:14 I am still amazed that Saul never took Samuel seriously […]

“‘But as it is, your kingship will not be established. Adonai has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Adonai has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you did not observe what Adonai ordered you to do.’  Then Sh’mu’el left Gilgal and went up to Giv‘at-Binyamin.”-1 Samuel 13:14-15 Isn’t […]

“I said, ‘Now the P’lishtim will fall on me at Gilgal, and I haven’t asked the favor of Adonai,’ so I forced myself and offered the burnt offering.  Sh’mu’el said to Sha’ul, ‘You did a foolish thing. You didn’t observe the mitzvah of Adonai, which he gave you. If you had, Adonai would have set […]

“He waited seven days, as Sh’mu’el had instructed; but Sh’mu’el didn’t come to Gilgal; so the army began to drift away from him.  Sha’ul said, ‘Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings,’ and he offered the burnt offering.As soon as he had finished sacrificing the burnt offering, there was Sh’mu’el — he had […]

“The men of Israel saw that their options were limited and that the people felt so hard pressed that they were hiding themselves in caves, thickets, crevices, watchtowers and cisterns;  while some of the Hebrews crossed the Yarden to the territory of Gad and Gil‘ad. But Sha’ul was still in Gilgal, where all the people […]