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.
Sinners of all generations have sought to justify their disobedience of God's commandments by making excuses similar to the ones enumerated here. That threatening, inconvenient, dangerous, uncomfortable or perplexing situations confront the child of God cannot justify disobedience of God's plain commandments.  The fact of one's violating God's law reluctantly, or even sorrowfully, does not endow the violation with any acceptability.  The final word that must be written over every man's record is, "Which one of them did the will of the Father"?   (Matthew 21;31).