1 Samuel 13:9

9. He offered the burnt offering We need not suppose that Saul offered this sacrifice with his own hand. As we have observed on chap. 1 Samuel 7:9, the presence of priests on such occasions is naturally understood, and no specification of that fact was necessary. So Saul’s blowing of the trumpet (1 Samuel 13:3) throughout all the land is not to be understood of his personal act. The command, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, is but a part of the order to offer such sacrifice in his presence.