Wednesday Bible Study: Jump back Jack

In Ch. 10 the Chronicler, without warning, abruptly jumps back in time to recount events already described in 1 Samuel 13, specifically the death of Saul. This actually appears to be largely plagiarized from Samuel, but the Chronicler mysteriously amends it with an explanation that God had Saul killed because "he was unfaithful to theLord; he did not keep the word of theLord and even consulted a medium for guidance,14 and did not inquire of theLord. So theLord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse. " This is a reference to Saul ' s traveling to Endor to consult a necromancer ( " The Witch of Endor " ) who summoned the spirit of Samuel. (1 Samuel 25.) However, in Samuel, the reason for Saul ' s downfall is that he failed to kill all of the Amelekites, as God commanded. The spirit of Samuel predicted Saul ' s demise, but the book does not blame Saul for consulting it.0 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.2 The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua.3 The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him.4 Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me.”But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.5 When the a...
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