1 Samuel 14:35 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD. Saul built an altar - And this we are informed was the first he had built; Samuel, as prophet had hitherto erected the altars, and Saul thought he had sufficient authority to erect one himself without the prophet, as he once offered sacrifice without him.