1. 1 Samuel 13:15 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why are we told about Samuel’s departure?

1 Samuel 13:15 (ESV)

15 And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal. The rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the army; they went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin.And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.

Samuel leaves Saul without a further word of instruction. Following his insubordination, the guidance from the Lord that Saul was looking for is not available to him.1