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Samuel

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A Jewish prophet, born, of the tribe of Levi, about 1155 B.C.; consecrated by his mother from earliest years to the service of the Lord; who became a judge when he was 40, anointed first Saul and then David to be king over the till then disunited tribes of Israel, and thus became the founder of the Jewish monarchy.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Samuel'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/samuel.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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