1 Chronicles 10:14 BSB

1 Chronicles 10:14

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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ASV

and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

KJV

And enquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Inquired not of the Lord - On these two last verses the Targum speaks thus: “And Saul died for the transgression by which he transgressed against the Word of the Lord, and because he did not keep the commandment of the Lord when he warred against the house of Amalek; and because he consulted Pythons, and sought oracular answers from them.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Saul slew himself, and yet it is said, God slew him. What is done by wicked hands is yet done by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. Those that abandon themselves to the devil shall be abandoned to him; so shall their doom be.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And inquired not of the Lord--He had done so in form (1Sa 28:6), but not in the spirit of a humble penitent, nor with the believing confidence of a sincere worshipper. His enquiry was, in fact, a mere mockery, and his total want of all right religious impressions was manifested by his rushing from God to a wretched impostor in the service of the devil [1Sa 28:7].

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
דָרַ֥שׁ	da.Rash	he consulted	H1875 →
בַּֽיהוָ֖ה	ba.Yah.weh	<in> Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ	vay.mi.Te.hu	and he put to death him	H4191 →
וַיַּסֵּב֙	vai.ya.Sev	and he turned over	H5437 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַמְּלוּכָ֔ה	ha.me.lu.Khah	the kingship	H4410 →
לְדָוִ֖יד	le.da.Vid	to David	H1732 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יִשָֽׁי׃ פ	yi.Shai	Jesse	H3448 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 13:14
But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
leads to
- Acts 13:22
  After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 15:28
  So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
- 1 Samuel 16:1
  Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 89:19–37
  You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
- Psalms 78:70
  He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
Through
1 Samuel 16:1
Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending…
leads to
- 2 Kings 9:1
  Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
- 1 Samuel 15:23
  For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
- 1 Samuel 15:35
  And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

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