This deed filled all Israel with horror. It was the king whom they had chosen that had committed this outrage, and he had only done after the manner of the kings of other nations that feared not God. The ark was with them, but the priests of whom they had inquired were slain with the sword. What would come next?

Denne skændselsdåd fyldte hele Israel med rædsel, og gerningsmanden var den konge, som de selv havde valgt! Da Saul gav ordrer til dette blodbad, bar han sig ad akkurat ligesom kongerne hos de nationer, der ikke frygtede Gud. Israel havde arken, men præsterne, som de havde rådspurgt, var dræbt med sværdet. Hvad ville blive det næste?