1 Chronicles 10:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹³ So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ So Saul died for his trespass against the Lord [in sparing Amalek], for his unfaithfulness in not keeping God's word, and also for consulting [a medium with] a spirit of the dead to inquire pleadingly of it,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ 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,

Common English Bible

¹³ Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD and hadn’t followed the LORD’s word. He even consulted a medium for guidance.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Thus did Saul die for his iniquities, because he betrayed the commandment of the Lord which he had instructed, and did not keep it. And moreover, he even consulted a woman diviner;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ So Saul died for his iniquities: because he transgressed the commandment of the Lord, which he had commanded, and kept it not, and moreover consulted also a witch,

1 Chronicles 10:13 Cross References

2 Kings 21:6

And he made his son to pass through the fire, and practised augury, and used enchantments, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

Psalm 25:3

Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed: They shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.

Psalm 73:27

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

Exodus 22:18

Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.

Proverbs 2:22

But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And they that deal treacherously shall be rooted out of it.

Isaiah 19:3

And the spirit of Egypt shall be made void in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

Isaiah 8:19

And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead?

Leviticus 19:31

Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20:6

And the soul that turneth unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

1 Samuel 15:11

It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was wroth; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

1 Samuel 15:2

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

1 Samuel 28:6

And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.