1 Chronicles 10:13
11 When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
- KJV
- So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
- WEB
- So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the LORD’s word, which he didn’t keep, and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire,
- ASV
- So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire [thereby],
- DARBY
- And Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah which he kept not, and also for having inquired of the spirit of Python, asking counsel of it;
- BLB
- And Saul died for his unfaithfulness that he trespassed against YHWH, against the word of YHWH, because he did not keep [it], and also because he consulted a medium to inquire.
- ÅB
- Slik døde Saul for den troløshets skyld som han hadde vist mot Herren, fordi han ikke hadde holdt seg etter Herrens ord, og likeledes fordi han hadde søkt til dødningemanere for å spørre dem til råds.
- OTB
- Så døde Saul for sin troløshet som han hadde begått mot Herren,
på grunn av Herrens ord som han ikke holdt;
og også fordi han søkte råd hos en åndemaner, og spurte henne til råds, - B1930
- Således døde Saul for den troløshets skyld som han hadde vist mot Herren, fordi han ikke hadde holdt sig efter Herrens ord, og likeledes fordi han hadde søkt til dødningemanere for å spørre dem til råds.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 20:6
Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:31
You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
Read in context1 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.”
Read in contextIsaiah 8:19
When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Read in contextDeuteronomy 18:10–14
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
Read in context1 Samuel 28:7–20
Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.
Read in contextExodus 22:18
You must not allow a sorceress to live.
Read in context1 Samuel 15:2
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.
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