* built.
It is probable that Saul converted the great stone, on which
the cattle had been slaughtered, into an altar, on which
sacrifices were offered, before the people attempted to
proceed any further. This we are told was the first he had
built. Samuel, as a prophet and priest, had hitherto erected
the altars, but Saul seems to have thought he had sufficient
authority to erect one himself, without the prophet, as he had
once offered sacrifice without him.
7:9,17 Jud 21:4 Ho 8:14 2Ti 3:5
* the same, etc. Heb. that altar he began to build unto the
Lord.
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