1 Chronicles 10:14 - Homiletics

And inquired not of the Lord . Saul seems to have, in point of fact, inquired in some sense ( 1 Samuel 14:37 ; 1 Samuel 28:5 , 1 Samuel 28:6 , 1 Samuel 28:15 ). But the probable meaning is that he did not inquire in the first instance (see 1 Chronicles 10:3 , 1 Chronicles 10:4 ); and when he did inquire, he did not await the reply solely and exclusively of Jehovah. Therefore he slew him (so see 1 Chronicles 2:3 ). David the son of Jesse . The compiler, having heretofore given so scrupulously whatever of genealogical fact he could, is now careful to use it. And he identifies the future chief hero of his history as him who had already been instanced ( 1 Chronicles 2:15 ), "son of Jesse."