* built.
   It is probable that Saul converted the great stone, on which
   the cattle had been slaughtered, into an altar, on which
   sacrifices were offered, before the people attempted to
   proceed any further.  This we are told was the first he had
   built.  Samuel, as a prophet and priest, had hitherto erected
   the altars, but Saul seems to have thought he had sufficient
   authority to erect one himself, without the prophet, as he had
   once offered sacrifice without him.

  7:9,17  Jud 21:4  Ho 8:14  2Ti 3:5 
 * the same, etc.  Heb. that altar he began to build unto the
   Lord.