So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.
1 Chronicles 10:14 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition and inquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And inquired not so of the Lord [in earnest penitence]. Therefore the Lord slew him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse. [I Sam. 28:6.] American Standard Version (1901) and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. Common English Bible He didn’t consult the LORD, so the LORD killed him and gave the kingdom to David, Jesse’s son. Catholic Public Domain Version for he did not trust in the Lord. Because of this, he caused his death, and he transferred his kingdom to David, the son of Jesse. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And trusted not in the Lord. Therefore he slew him, and transferred his kingdom to David the son of Isai. |
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.
And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord.
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.
And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, that is better than thou.
And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth´lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
And the Lord hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbor, even to David:
And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.