Text: 1 Chronicles 10:1
OT Text Referred to: 1 Samuel 28:3
Subject: death of Saul
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: First Samuel 28:3 begins the narrative of Saul's consultation with the medium at Endor, while 1 Chronicles 10:1 opens the parallel account of Saul's final battle and death. The Chronicler provides the theological verdict on these events in 1 Chronicles 10:13-14: Saul died "because of his unfaithfulness" (בְּמַעֲלוֹ אֲשֶׁר מָעַל, bema'alo asher ma'al) to the LORD, specifically for consulting a medium (אוֹב, ov) instead of inquiring of the LORD. While 1 Samuel narrates the events in detail, Chronicles interprets them theologically, explicitly connecting the necromancy of chapter 28 to the divine judgment of chapter 31.