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1 Samuel 12 is the twelfth 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 ...
Bedan (Hebrew: בְּדָן Bəḏān) is named as one of the deliverer of Israelites in 1 Samuel 12:11. [1]He is not mentioned elsewhere as a judge of Israel. [2] Bishop Simon Patrick and others (including the Talmud [3]) posit the name to be a contraction of ben Dan ("the son of Dan") by which they suppose Samson is meant, as the Targum reads. [4]
However, from the explanation given in 1 Samuel 1:20, the name could alternatively come from a contraction of the Hebrew שְׁאִלְתִּיו מֵאֵל (Modern: Šəʾīltīv mēʾĒl, Tiberian: Šĭʾīltīw mēʾĒl), meaning "I have asked/borrowed him from God".
Ark narrative (1 Samuel 4:1b–7:1 and 2 Samuel 6:1–20): the ark's capture by the Philistines in the time of Eli and its transfer to Jerusalem by David – opinion is divided over whether this is actually an independent unit. [30] Jerusalem source: a fairly brief source discussing David conquering Jerusalem from the Jebusites.
Samuel is portrayed as a judge who leads the military, as the judges in the Book of Judges, and also who exercises judicial functions. In 1 Sam 12:6–17, a speech of Samuel that portrays him as the judge sent by God to save Israel may have been composed by the Deuteronomists. [40] In 1 Samuel 9:6–20, Samuel is seen as a local "seer".
The root meaning of the name Nabal is wilt, [18] and came to mean failure, and so gained the figurative meaning of being shamelessly improprietous; [19] in the Nabal narrative, he is described as living up to his name, [20] in addition to being surly and mean. [2]
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The Septuagint states that Ichabod's name was a complaint: Uaebarchaboth, woe to the glory of Israel. [6] The Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209 also refers to Ichabod as ouai barchaboth , i.e. as I Bar Chabod - I, son of Chabod or No, son of Glory .