And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed — Saul waits seven days as Samuel had instructed (10:8), waiting for the prophet to arrive and perform the sacrifices necessary to consecrate the battle. but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him — as the seven days pass without Samuel's arrival, the people continue to scatter. Saul faces a crisis: the army is disintegrating, the Philistine threat is immediate, and the prophet has not arrived.

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