1 Chronicles 10:11-14

Jabesh-gilead's Tribute to Saul

11 When all Jabesh-gilead * heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

12 ¹all the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh, and they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

13 ²So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD which he did not keep; and also ³because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry of it,

14 and did not inquire of the LORD. Therefore He killed him and ⁴turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

1 Chronicles 10:11-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 10

This part, 1Ch 10:1-12 which gives an account of the last battle of Saul with the Philistines, and of his death and burial, is the same with 1Sa 31:1-13 see the notes there; the cause of his death follows in 1Ch 10:13.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Samuel 31:12
• 2. 1 Samuel 13:13, 14; 1 Samuel 15:23
• 3. Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; 1 Samuel 28:7
• 4. 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Chronicles 12:23