The actual addition of the Chronicler is only in one detail, that Saul ‘did not seek guidance from the Lord’, which is an unavoidable conclusion from some of his basic suppositions. According to I Sam. 28.6 it was only out of absolute distress that Saul turned to a medium, for ‘when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him’. According to Chronicles it was Saul’s free choice. The possibility that God would not answer his seekers is inconceivable for the Chronicler. His general rule is expressed very clearly: ‘If you seek him, he will be found by you’ (II Chron. 15.2).
