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In this role, Samuel acted as a (biblical) judge, publicly advising the nation, and also giving private advice to individuals. Eventually Samuel delegated this role to his sons, based at Beersheba, but they behaved corruptly and so the people, facing invasion from the Ammonites, persuaded Samuel to appoint a king. Samuel reluctantly did so, and ...
The Book of Samuel (Hebrew: ספר שמואל, Sefer Shmuel) is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Samuel) in the Old Testament. The book is part of the Deuteronomistic history , a series of books ( Joshua , Judges , Samuel, and Kings ) that constitute a theological history of the Israelites and that aim to explain God's law ...
Samuel (11th century BC), Biblical prophet; Samuel (musician) (born 1987), American indie pop artist; Samuel of Bulgaria (r. 997–1014), Emperor of the First Bulgarian Empire; Samuel of Ctesiphon (r. 614–624), Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East; Samuel of Nehardea (c. 165–257),Talmudist; Samuel Aba (r. 1041–1044), third King ...
Later biblical passages mention the fortunes of several of Eli's descendants. Eli occupies a prominent place in Samaritan religious tradition , as the Samaritans attribute the schism between their community and the Jews to Eli's establishment of a rival shrine at Shiloh , challenging what they regard as the original Israelite sacred site, Mount ...
1 Samuel 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the First Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or the first part of the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel , with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan , [ 2 ] but modern scholars view it as a ...
1 Samuel 1 is the first chapter of the First Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or the first part of the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel , with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan , [ 2 ] but many modern scholars view it as a ...
The victorious Philistines capture the Ark, and do not return it until many months later (1 Samuel 6:1–2). In the second narrative (1 Samuel 7:2–14), the Israelites defeat the Philistines after Samuel has offered a sacrifice. Samuel puts up a stone in memorial and names it Eben-Ezer (the
1 Samuel 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the First Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or the first part of the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel , with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan , [ 2 ] but modern scholars view it as a ...