Samuel

Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Jewish Bible/Old Testament, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although the text does not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of Antiquities of the

biblical character mentioned in the Books of Samuel Hanna gardner

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biblical character (First Book of Samuel)

Elkanah ( ’Ĕlqānā "El has purchased") was, according to the First Book of Samuel, the husband of Hannah, and the father of her children including her first, Samuel. Elkanah practiced polygamy; his other wife, less favoured but bearing more children, was named Peninnah. The names of Elkanah's other children apart from Samuel are not given. Elkanah plays only a minor role in the narrative, and is mostly a supporting character to Eli, Hannah, and Samuel.

thumb|220px|Peninnah (right) with Elkanah (husband of Hannah)|Elkanah and Hannah as they return to Ramah. Peninnah ( Pəninnā; sometimes transliterated Penina) was one of Elkanah's two wives, briefly mentioned in the first Book of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:2). Her name derives from the word (pəninā), meaning "pearl."

ancient site in Judea, Palestine

the author of Psalm 88 in the Hebrew Bible

Ramathaim-Zophim (), also called Ramah () and Ramatha in the Douay–Rheims Bible translation (Ramathaimsophim in the Vulgate), is a city from the Hebrew Bible, the home town and resting place of prophet Samuel. The name of the town means "the heights of the views."

Poem interpreting the Books of Samuel

first chapter of the First Book of Samuel

third chapter of the First Book of Samuel

seventh chapter of the First Book of Samuel

tenth chapter of the First Book of Samuel

eighth chapter of the First Book of Samuel

ninth chapter of the First Book of Samuel