1 Chronicles 10:14

14 instead of asking the Lord. This is why the Lord put Saul to death and gave the kingdom to Jesse's son David.

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.

1 Chronicles 10:14 In-Context

12 So the brave men of Jabesh went and got the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the large tree in Jabesh. Then the people of Jabesh gave up eating for seven days.

13 Saul died because he was not faithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord. He even went to a medium and asked her for advice

14 instead of asking the Lord. This is why the Lord put Saul to death and gave the kingdom to Jesse's son David.