1Ch 10:13-14 | KingComments | STEP | The reasons for Saul’s rejection are given: 1. He did not keep “the word of the LORD” ( ). The fact that he did not keep what God said means that he did not keep it in order to preserve, guard and secure it. He has not taken that word as a guideline for his actions. It shows its negative attitude toward what is good. 2. He asked counsel of a medium, to inquire the spirit of a dead person ( ), literally that he ‘has asked’ an evil spirit ‘to seek’, rather than consulting the LORD. Here we see that he takes a positive attitude toward evil. Where the former is not present, there will be room for the latter. Saul is not killed by the hand of the Philistines, nor by his own hand, but by the hand of the LORD. The time of Saul is over. God’s time has come for the introduction of the man after His Own heart: David.

‏ 1 Chronicles 10:13-14

Why Saul Died

The reasons for Saul’s rejection are given:

1. He did not keep “the word of the LORD” (1Sam 13:8-14 ; 1Sam 15:1-3 ; 9-11 ; 26). The fact that he did not keep what God said means that he did not keep it in order to preserve, guard and secure it. He has not taken that word as a guideline for his actions. It shows its negative attitude toward what is good.

2. He asked counsel of a medium, to inquire the spirit of a dead person (1Sam 28:7-13), literally that he ‘has asked’ an evil spirit ‘to seek’, rather than consulting the LORD. Here we see that he takes a positive attitude toward evil. Where the former is not present, there will be room for the latter.

Saul is not killed by the hand of the Philistines, nor by his own hand, but by the hand of the LORD. The time of Saul is over. God’s time has come for the introduction of the man after His Own heart: David.