page_title: Samuel (name)
hierarchical_section_title: Samuel (name)
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: bibleprimeroldte00hult (find matches) Title: Bible primer, Old Testament, for use in the primary department of Sunday schools Year: 1919 (1910s) Authors: Hult, Adolf, 1869-1943 Augustana synod. (from old catalog) Subjects: Publisher: Rock Island, Ill., Augustana book concern Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: me be a prophet. A prophet meansa preacher of Gods word. There had been for a long timeno prophet in Israel. Eli, the high priest, was Samuelsteacher. Once a year Hannah came to Shiloh to visit Samuel.Each time she brought him a coat. One night as Samuel slept in the Tabernacle, he heard avoice calling, Samuel! Then Samuel rose and went to Eli:Did you call me&#160;? No, said Eli. Samuel lay down again.Once more he heard the call. He went to Eli again. Thethird time Eli said, Go, lie down; and if He calls you, youshall say, Speak, Lord, for your servant hears. A fourthtime God called. Then Samuel understood it was the Lord.He listened to the Lords words. God told him what was tohappen to Elis wicked sons and to Eli himself. God often talked with Samuel after that wonderful night.Samuel grew to be a mighty preacher and a godly man inIsrael. He helped the people in wars. He was a true rulerof the people. In Samuels time Gods word was once morepreached that the people might be saved. / Sam. 3. Text Appearing After Image: BIBLE PRIMER 73 34. SAUL CHOSEN KING. We want a king! We want a king, like all other nations! Who is crying so? The old men of Israel. They havecome to Samuel, the Judge, to tell him that Israel wants tobe like all peoples. They are tired of having God rule themby judges. Samuel spoke earnestly to them. He said that if they hada king, they would have to build palaces, keep armies, andgive the best they had to the king. But the people would notlisten; they just wanted a king. So God said, Give them aking. But tell them the truth. Who was to be king? A fine young man called Saul. His fathers asses were lost. Saul went to find them butcould not. So Sauls servant said, Come, let us go to Sam-uel, he can tell us where to find them. Before they came, God told Samuel that Saul was the oneto be king. When Saul came, Samuel told him what the Lord had said.And Samuel made Saul king. Then Samuel called all thepeople together and showed them their king. And theygladly took him for their king. He Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Samuel is a male given name and a surname of Hebrew origin meaning either "name of God" or "God heard". Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament. He anointed Saul to be the first King of Israel and later anointed David.
  As a Christian name, Samuel came into common use after the Protestant Reformation. Famous bearers include the American inventor Samuel F.B. Morse, the Irish writer Samuel Beckett and the American author Samuel Clemens, who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain.
  The name Samuel is popular among Black Africans, as well as among African Americans. It is also widespread among the modern Jewish communities, especially Sephardic Jews. It is also quite popular in countries that speak English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese, as well as in Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
context_section_description: Samuel (sometimes spelled Samual) is a male given name and a surname of Hebrew origin meaning either "name of God" or "God heard" (שם האלוהים Shem HaElohim)  (שמע אלוהים Sh'ma Elohim). Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament. He anointed Saul to be the first King of Israel and later anointed David.
  As a Christian name, Samuel came into common use after the Protestant Reformation. Famous bearers include the American inventor Samuel F.B. Morse (1791–1872), the Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906–89) and the American author Samuel Clemens (1835–1910), who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain.
  The name Samuel is popular among Black Africans, as well as among African Americans. It is also widespread among the modern Jewish communities, especially Sephardic Jews. It is also quite popular in countries that speak English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese, as well as in Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
caption: Samuel anointing David
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