Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel.
"Saul’s ascent to the throne was now complete, and the ’great celebration’ that accompanied the sacrificial ritual more than matched Israel’s earlier elation upon their receiving the messengers’ report of the imminent doom of the Ammonites (1 Samuel 11:9)." [Note: Youngblood, p. 642.] 