And Samuel said, What hast thou done? — Samuel's question is direct and accusatory, asking what Saul has committed (mah asita). The question demands explanation. And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed — Saul's defense is circumstantial: he claims the people were scattering and Samuel did not arrive within the appointed time. and the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; — the military situation was critical.

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