A concluding reflection from the mind of the chronicler himself. He sums up his account concerning the ruin of Saul by assigning its moral basis, n…

And inquired not of the Lord
For though he did inquire in some sense in an external, careless, and hypocritical mann…

The primary design of these books of the Chronicles appears to be to preserve the records of the house of David. Therefore, the writer does not rep…