1 Samuel 14:35-37

The Message

³⁵ That’s the story behind Saul’s building an altar to God. It’s the first altar to God that he built.

Find Out What God Thinks

³⁶ Saul said, “Let’s go after the Philistines tonight! We can spend the night looting and plundering. We won’t leave a single live Philistine!”

“Sounds good to us,” said the troops. “Let’s do it!”

But the priest slowed them down: “Let’s find out what God thinks about this.”

³⁷ So Saul prayed to God, “Shall I go after the Philistines? Will you put them in Israel’s hand?” God didn’t answer him on that occasion.