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Samuel Scripture - 1 Chronicles 11:3

Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel....

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Samuel Scripture - 1 Samuel 3:21

And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD....

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Samuel Scripture - 1 Samuel 16:7

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart....

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Samuel in Wikipedia

Samuel (Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל, Modern Shmu'el Tiberian Šəmûʼēl; Greek: Σαμουηλ Samouēl; Latin: Samuel; Arabic: شموئيل Šomoʼel) is a leader of ancient Israel in the Book(s) of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. His status, as viewed by rabbinical literature, is that he was the last of the Hebrew Judges and the first of the major prophets who began to prop...

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Samuel in Hitchcock's Bible Names

heard of God; asked of God...

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Samuel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

sam'-u-el (shemu'el; Samouel): The word "Samuel" signifies "name of God," or "his name is El" (God). Other interpretations of the name that have been offered are almost certainly mistaken. The play upon the name in 1 Sam 1:20 is not intended of course to be an explanation of its meaning, but is similar to the play upon the name Moses in Ex 2:...

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Samuel in Naves Topical Bible

-Miraculous birth of 1Sa 1:7-20 -Consecrated to God before his birth 1Sa 1:11,22,24-28 -His mother's song of thanksgiving 1Sa 2:1-10 -Ministered in the house of God 1Sa 2:11,18,19 -Blessed of God 1Sa 2:21; 3:19 -His vision concerning the house of Eli 1Sa 3:1-18 -A prophet of the Israelites 1Sa 3:20,21; 4:1 -A judge (leader) of Israel,...

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Samuel in Smiths Bible Dictionary

was the son of Elkanah and Hannah, and was born at Ramathaim-zophim, among the hills of Ephraim. [RAMAH No. 2] (B.C. 1171.) Before his birth he was dedicated by his mother to the office of a Nazarite and when a young child, 12 years old according to Josephus he was placed in the temple, and ministered unto the Lord before Eli." It was while he...

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Samuel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in 1 Sam. 1:20. Hannah, one of the two wives of Elkanah, who came up to Shiloh to worship before the Lord, earnestly prayed to God that she might become the mother of a son. Her prayer was graciously granted; and after the child was weaned she brought him to Shi...

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Samuel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("asked of God".) Greek Theaitetus; or probably "heard of God". Last of the judges, first of the successional prophets (Moses was a prophet, Deuteronomy 18:15, but more a lawgiver; Acts 3:24, "all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after," Acts 13:20, shows Samuel was first of the succession); founder of the monarchy. He gives name...

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