Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.
Samuel had earlier delivered a message of doom to Eli in the morning (1 Samuel 3:15-18). Now he delivered one to Saul on another morning (1 Samuel 14:16).