1 Chronicles 10:13

10:13 So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord’s instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 11:3

11:3 When all the leaders ²  of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made an agreement ³  with them in Hebron before the Lord. They anointed ⁴  David king over Israel, just as the Lord had announced through Samuel. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 12:23

Support for David in Hebron

12:23 The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul’s place, in accordance with the Lord’s decree: ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 17:6

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ⁷  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ⁸  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

[10:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and Saul died because of his unfaithfulness by which he acted unfaithfully against the Lord, concerning the word of the Lord which he did not keep, also to Saul, a ritual pit to seek.” The text alludes to the incident recorded in 1 Sam 28. The Hebrew term אוֹב (’ov, “ritual pit”) refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits. In 1 Sam 28:7 the witch of Endor is called a בַּעֲלַת־אוֹב (ba’alat-’ov, “owner of a ritual pit”). See H. A. Hoffner, “Second Millennium Antecedents to the Hebrew áo‚b,” JBL 86 (1967): 385-401.

[11:3]  ² tn Heb “elders.”

[11:3]  ³ tn Or “covenant.”

[11:3]  ⁴ tn Or “They poured olive oil on David to designate him as king.”

[11:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Samuel.”

[12:23]  ³ tn Heb “these are the numbers of the heads of the forces armed for battle [who] came to David in Hebron to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him according to the mouth of the Lord.”

[17:6]  ⁴ tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”

[17:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”