He stayed seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel didn't come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
"Bring the burnt offering here to me, and the peace offering"  (1 Samuel 13:9).  The text here definitely leaves the impression that Saul himself offered the sacrifices, but the great majority of scholars accept the view advocated by Keil that, "The cooperation of the priests in performing the duties belonging to them is taken for granted, just as in the case of the sacrifices offered by David and Solomon  (2 Samuel 24:25;  1 Kings 3:4; 8:63)."[9]  That this view is probably correct appears in the rebuke of Samuel which made no mention of Saul's usurping any prerogative belonging to the priesthood.