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[[File:Louvre rosa apparition.jpg|thumbnail|300px|right|Apparition of the spirit of Samuel to Saul, by Salvator Rosa, 1668]]
'''Samuel''' (Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל, pronounced "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 answered the prayers of his mother [[Hannah]] 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, pronounced "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 answered the prayers of his mother [[Hannah]] 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.