Samuel
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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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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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 (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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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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-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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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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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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("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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