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  Samuel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lord revealed himself now in diverse manners to Samuel, and his fame and his influence increased throughout the land as of one divinely called to the prophetical office.
Samuel himself was their leader and the only occasion in which he acted as a leader in war.
Samuel had made his sons judges in Beersheba, but they were corrupt and self-serving.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel   (1340 words)

  
 Books of Samuel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frequent gaps are met with in the record, because their object is to present a history of the kingdom in its gradual development, and not of the events of the reigns of the successive rulers.
Samuel is believed to have penned the first twenty-four chapters of the first book.
Saul's and David's heroism and strength, their development and their friendships, but also their doubts, sins, and failures are described; this is unique and unprecedented in historical writings at the time they were penned, a time when all-positive or all-negative portraits of rulers were the norm.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Books_of_Samuel   (644 words)

  
 1 SAMUEL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Samuel was born to Hannah, a barren woman, after she prayed to God and Eli also asked God to help her.
Samuel became judge of Israel (1 Samuel 7) when Israel defeated the Philistines at Mizpah, at a place that Samuel named Ebenezer (meaning "the Stone of Help").
Samuel finally picked Saul, the tallest man (1 Samuel 9:2), who was made king at Gilgal (1 Samuel 11:15).
www.biblenotes.net /samuel1.html   (304 words)

  
 BLB 1Sa 15
Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee [to be] king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, [that is] better than thou.
www.blueletterbible.org /kjv/1Sa/1Sa015.html   (993 words)

  
 1 Samuel 9
1 Sam 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
Samuel had a good reputation: "a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass." It would be good to be known as an honorable person of God, a person that can be trusted to hear from God.
1 Sam 9:27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may show thee the word of God.
www.angelfire.com /ca4/eaglewings/1samuel9.html   (2233 words)

  
 BibleGateway.com Passage Lookup: 1
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 SAB, 1 Samuel 15
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Saul is rebuked by Samuel for "doing evil in the sight of the Lord" by failing to kill all of the Amalekites.
15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
skepticsannotatedbible.com /1sam/15.html   (1205 words)

  
 1 & 2 Samuel(This Rock: July 1992)
The main purpose of 1 and 2 Samuel is to provide a history of the foundation of the kingdom of Israel and the settlement of the throne on David and his line.
Samuel, who is regarded as the last of the judges, was the man chosen to bring about this unification.
Samuel proclaims Saul king, after anointing him with oil to show that he is a sacred person.
www.catholic.com /thisrock/1992/9207otg.asp   (1548 words)

  
 1 Samuel 8. The Holy Bible: King James Version.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the L
www.bartleby.com /108/09/8.html   (581 words)

  
 1 Samuel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Samuel as Prophet, Levite and Judge (I Sam.
The book opens with the birth of one destined to be Israel's last judge (Samuel), and to anoint her first king (Saul the Benjaminite).
Samuel's heart for the people to whom he ministered can be seen in his response to the rejection of Saul (I Sam.
www.go2rhcc.com /resources/OTHist/1_Samuel.htm   (1754 words)

  
 1 Samuel - Chapter-A-Day, daily bible study to help in your bible reading.
Samuel is impressed by the height and appearance of the eldest.
Samuel was dead, David was gone away, and Saul didn't know where to turn, for he was a stranger to the Lord.
Samuel the prophet has died, king Saul and his sons are slain by the Philistines; even David had gone over and lived with the Philistines, Israel's bitter enemy.
www.stories.org.br /1sm_i.html   (7828 words)

  
 Africans in America/Part 1/Samuel Sewall speaks out
Samuel Sewall stands silently as his statement admitting guilt is read aloud to the audience.
The statement is an apology for his role as one of the three judges in the Salem witch trials, where nineteen people were wrongly accused of witchcraft and put to death.
Samuel Sewall would undoubtedly be pleased to know that, in the end, he would be best remembered not for his participation in the trials, but for his writings, which include his "Diary," as well as a pamphlet criticizing slavery called The Selling of Joseph.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/aia/part1/1p271.html   (329 words)

  
 1 & 2 Samuel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
1 - 12 Judgeship of Samuel 1:1-2:11 Birth and infancy of Samuel 2:12-3:21 Childhood of Samuel 4:1-22 Loss of the ark and end of Eli's house 5 - 7 Captivity of the Ark 8 - 10 Installation of Saul as Israel's first king 11 - 12 Samuel's retirement Ch.
From Eli, Samuel, and David we learn that it is possible for great men to fail as fathers.
David had a desire to remember for good Saul and Jonathan (2 Samuel 9:1) "Is there anyone left of the house of Saul that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?" a.
fly.hiwaay.net /~wgann/walk_ot/samuel.htm   (959 words)

  
 Mark A. R. Kleiman: UCLA Tanakh Study Group notes: 1 Samuel 19-28   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Samuel seems to be far more unified and less palimpsestic than Deuteronomy; it seems far more plasusibly to be the work -- at least originally -- of a single hand.
Samuel, a prophet and not a priest, is described as anointing King Saul only under protest.
When we left our story, Hannah had finished praying for a son and promising that if she had one he would be devoted to HaShem, and Eli, having at first rebuked her for what he thought was drunken mumbling, had sent her off with a wish that her prayer be fulfilled.
www.markarkleiman.com /archives/tanakh_notes_/2005/06/ucla_tanakh_study_group_notes_1_samuel_1928.php   (1095 words)

  
 USCCB - NAB - 1 Samuel 15
Samuel said to Saul: "It was I the LORD sent to anoint you king over his people Israel.
So Samuel said to him: "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
And Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women." Then he cut Agag down before the LORD in Gilgal.
www.nccbuscc.org /nab/bible/1samuel/1samuel15.htm   (1039 words)

  
 SAB, 1 Samuel 1
Hannah vows to give her son to the Lord and, as a sign of his holiness, to never cut his hair.
But long hair on men is condemned in 1 Cor.11:14.
1:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
www.skepticsannotatedbible.com /1sam/1.html   (857 words)

  
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Samuel was the last of the judges and the first of the prophets.
Samuel was running and judging the country and they were glad to leave that all up to him.
Samuel had a great dinner prepared for Saul and thirty invited guests; and Saul, to his consternation, was the guest of honor.
www.pbc.org /dp/stedman/adventure/0209.html   (5353 words)

  
 1 Samuel 7 - Samuel as Judge
Samuel didn’t ask the nation to just take the good from Ashtoreth and Baal and throw away the rest; he called them to renounce these rival gods completely.
And Samuel judged the children of Israel: Samuel was the last judge, and was a judge over Israel as were the leaders of the book of Judges.
In 1 Samuel 4:5, Israel was completely confident against the Philistines when the ark came into the army camp.
www.enduringword.com /commentaries/0907.htm   (3218 words)

  
 1 SAMUEL, NRSV HEBREW BIBLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Samuel is a transitional figure — the last of the judges and the prophet who anoints Saul and then announces his rejection by the Lord and anoints David in his place.
1 There was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham son of Elihu son of Tohu son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening." 11 Then the LORD said to Samuel, "See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make both ears of anyone who hears of it tingle.
www.anova.org /sev/htm/hb/09_1samuel.htm   (17473 words)

  
 1 Samuel 31 / Hebrew - English Bible / Mechon-Mamre
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2 Samuel Chapter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
www.mechon-mamre.org /p/pt/pt08a31.htm   (503 words)

  
 1 Samuel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Unlike the first account of Saul's death in 1 Samuel 31, the second account is presented not as an objective narration but as a post factum, tendentious report by a messenger to David.
That we have in Samuel a compilation of promonarchical and antimonarchical traditions is not to be doubted, but that these two criteria can be made the basis for a simple duality of sources running the length of the work is far from certain.
Samuel had not come to offer the sacrifice in preparation for battle, and Saul dared not go into battle without it—yet the opportunity for attack was passing quickly and the army was beginning to desert.
www.earlyjewishwritings.com /1samuel.html   (1291 words)

  
 1 Samuel 3. The Holy Bible: King James Version.
And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, L
And all Israel from Dan even to Beer–sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the L
www.bartleby.com /108/09/3.html   (532 words)

  
 Bible Survey: The Book of 1-2 Samuel
The title, Samuel, is the same in both the Hebrew original and in the Greek translation.
Calling the book Samuel, however, is something of a misnomer, it would seem, because David will play a much more prominent role through the majority of the story.
The author of the books is unknown, though obviously it cannot be Samuel since he is said to have died by 1 Samuel 28:3.
www.theology.edu /biblesurvey/samuel.htm   (216 words)

  
 1 Samuel 3:1-20
1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20), Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
"The Rise of Samuel and the Fall of Eli and Sons (1 Samuel 3:1 - 4:22)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
Hymns with Scripture Allusions: 1 Samuel 3:1, 10.
www.textweek.com /history/1sam3.htm   (657 words)

  
 Bible Basics - 1 Samuel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Samuel was a great judge, as well as prophet and priest.
And it is also considered, that the books of Samuel and Kings were once a single volume, but because of their size, were sub-divided into the four books we know today.
It is important to study I Samuel, because it contains some of the great Old Testament Bible stories, and gives illustrations of great truths in the lives of it's characters.
netministries.org /Bbasics/BB1Sam.htm   (341 words)

  
 Notes on First Samuel
3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words {l} fall to the ground.
15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a {l} neighbour of thine, [that is] better than thou.
25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his {a} house at Ramah.
www.reformed.org /documents/geneva/1samuel.html   (14897 words)

  
 1 Samuel 31:7 When the men of Israel who were on the other side
1 Samuel 31:7 When the men of Israel who were on the other side
When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
OT History: 1 Samuel 31:7 When the men of Israel who were (top)
bible.cc /1_samuel/31-7.htm   (450 words)

  
 1 Samuel 2:18-26
1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
"Samuel and the Sons of Belial (1 Samuel 2:11-36)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
"If I read 1 Samuel 2:19 in light of the teaching of the Law on the priest’s garments, then Hannah is not just sewing clothes for her little boy, she is sewing priestly garments for him.
www.textweek.com /history/1sam2b.htm   (479 words)

  
 USCCB - NAB - 1 Samuel 8
Samuel was displeased when they asked for a king to judge them.
Samuel delivered the message of the LORD in full to those who were asking him for a king.
He told them: "The rights of the king who will rule you will be as follows: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run before his chariot.
www.usccb.org /nab/bible/1samuel/1samuel8.htm   (524 words)

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