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'''Samuel''' (Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל, pronunced "Shmu'el") (15 January 1151 BC–fl. 18 June 1101 BC–ca. 1060 BC) was the fifteenth and last [[Judge (biblical)|Judge]] and the first of the major [[prophet]]s of [[Israel]] in the [[Bible]]. Given as a gift to serve God when God answerd the prayers of his mother to allow her to become pregnant, Samuel served in the temple under [[Eli]] and heard God call him.  God had to call him several times as each time Samuel would go to Eli, not realizing it was God.

'''Samuel''' (Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל, pronunced "Shmu'el") (15 January 1151 BC–fl. 18 June 1101 BC–ca. 1060 BC) was the fifteenth and last [[Judge (biblical)|Judge]] and the first of the major [[prophet]]s of [[Israel]] in the [[Bible]]. Given as a gift to serve God when God answerd the prayers of his mother to allow her to become pregnant, Samuel served in the temple under [[Eli]] and heard God call him.  God had to call him several times as each time Samuel would go to Eli, not realizing it was God.

Samuel marks the transition from the time of the [[Judge (biblical)|judges]] to the time of Kings. Samuel annoints [[Saul]] as king and later designates [[David]] as the next king. Samuel's deeds are described in the book of [[I Samuel]].

Samuel is considered the last [[judge (biblical)|judge]] and the first [[prophet]]<ref>I Samuel 7:6, Acts 3:24</ref>.  His judgeship marks the transition from the time of the [[Judge (biblical)|judges]] to the time of Kings in that he annointed [[Saul]] and [[David]] as the first two kings of Israel. Samuel's deeds are described in the book of [[I Samuel]].

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[[Floyd Nolen Jones]]<ref name=Jones>Jones, Floyd N., ''The Chronology of the Old Testament,'' Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004, p. 279 and Chart 4</ref> dates Samuel's career from the date of the Fall of the Temple of Dagon ([[Samson]]'s revenge) to five years before King [[Saul]] fell in battle with the [[Philistine]]s. Archbishop [[William Lloyd]], in 1701, had suggested that Samuel had been born twenty years earlier, as shown in the marginal dates in some surviving copies of the [[King James Version|Authorized Version]] of the Bible. This would imply that Samuel lived to the age of 111 years, which is not impossible, but less likely in his era.

[[Floyd Nolen Jones]]<ref name=Jones>Jones, Floyd N., ''The Chronology of the Old Testament,'' Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004, p. 279 and Chart 4</ref> dates Samuel's career from the date of the Fall of the Temple of Dagon (when [[Samson]] died) to five years before King [[Saul]] fell in battle with the [[Philistine]]s. Archbishop [[William Lloyd]], in 1701, had suggested that Samuel had been born twenty years earlier, as shown in the marginal dates in some surviving copies of the [[King James Version|Authorized Version]] of the Bible. This would imply that Samuel lived to the age of 111 years, which is not impossible, but less likely in his era.

== Critical views ==

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