So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD which he did no keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry of it,Finally, back into the history instead of genealogies!
Saul had messed up in several ways. First, he did not follow God's instructions. The final straw was when he made sacrifice, rather than wait for Samuel as he had been instructed to do. At that point, Saumel told him that he would lose the kingdom.
After that, shortly before he died, he consulted a medium, and had him call up Samuel, of all people! This just compounded his error, and while I don't recall if that mistake had been cited against him before when this story was told, we see here that he paid for that, as well.
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