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1 Chronicles 10:14

in 1 Chronicles 10

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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

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.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 10

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 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.

This site's exposition

enquired not of the Lord

The verdict closes on one clause: he enquired not of the Lord, therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that Saul had inquired in form at Endor the night before, but not in the spirit of a humble penitent, a mockery of the real thing rather than its substance. The kingdom does not pass to David by conquest in this telling; it turns to him the moment Saul's own inquiry fails, and the next chapter opens with all Israel gathering to crown him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

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.

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Inquired not - He did in some sort, but not in a right manner, not humbly and penitently, not diligently and importunately, not patiently and perseveringly. Nor 'till he was brought to the last extremity. And then it was too late.
And inquired not of the Lord,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This account of Saul's death is the same with that which we had, 1 Sam. xxxi. We need not repeat the exposition of it. Princes sin and the people suffer for it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

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].

The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H38085168 times

  • דָרַ֥שׁhe consulted

    darashH1875164 times

  • בַּֽיהוָ֖ה<in> Yahweh

    bayahwehH30686520 times

  • וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּand he put to death him

    vaymitehuH4191839 times

  • וַיַּסֵּב֙and he turned over

    vaiyasevH5437161 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הַמְּלוּכָ֔הthe kingship

    hamelukhahH4410

  • לְדָוִ֖ידto David

    ledavidH1732999 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • יִשָֽׁי׃ פJesse

    yishaiH344842 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • 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.”

    it 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 separate 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 separate 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…

    it 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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About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.