1 Chronicles 10:14

Listen to 1 Chronicles 10:14
14 and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

1 Chronicles 10:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 10:14

And inquired not of the Lord
For though he did inquire in some sense in an external, careless, and hypocritical manner, yet not done seriously, sincerely, and heartily, nor with constancy; it was accounted as if he inquired not at all, ( 1 Samuel 28:6 ) the Targum adds another reason of his death, because he killed the priests of Nob; but that is not in the text:

therefore he slew him;
or suffered him to be slain:

and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse;
translated the kingdom of Israel out of Saul's family, upon his death, into Jesse's, even unto David; for the sake of which observation this short account is given of the last end of Saul.

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1 Chronicles 10:14 In-Context

12 all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
13 So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
14 and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
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