I chose your ancestor from all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifice on my altar, to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before me. I gave to your ancestor's house all the fire offerings made by the Israelites.

Any one of you that I do not cut off from my altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and will cause you grief. All of those born to your family will die in the prime of life.

Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there.

Then Saul built an altar for the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar for the Lord.