12. Early the next morning Samuel got up and went to meet Saul. But the people told Samuel, “Saul has gone to Carmel, where he has put up a monument in his own honor. Now he has gone down to Gilgal.”
13. When Samuel came to Saul, Saul said, “May the Lord bless you! I have obeyed the Lord’s commands.”
14. But Samuel said, “Then why do I hear cattle mooing and sheep bleating?”
15. Saul answered, “The soldiers took them from the Amalekites. They saved the best sheep and cattle to offer as sacrifices to the Lord your God, but we destroyed all the other animals.”
16. Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”Saul answered, “Tell me.”
17. Samuel said, “Once you didn’t think much of yourself, but now you have become the leader of the tribes of Israel. The Lord appointed you to be king over Israel.