Chronicles I 10:14

14 and he sought not the Lord: so he slew him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

Chronicles I 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.

Chronicles I 10:14 In-Context

12 And all the mighty men rose up from Galaad, and they took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabis, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabis, and fasted seven days.

13 So Saul died for his transgressions, wherein he transgressed against God, against the word of the Lord, forasmuch as he kept not, because Saul enquired of a wizard to seek , and Samuel the prophet answered him:

14 and he sought not the Lord: so he slew him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.