What does the Bible say about samuel?

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• 1 Samuel 1:20

  It happened, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of Yahweh.

• 1 Samuel 25:1

  Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

• 1 Samuel 3:1-21

  [1] The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. The word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision. [2] It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see), [3] and the lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down [to sleep], in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was; [4] that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, Here am I. [5] He ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. He said, I didn't call; lie down again. He went and lay down. [6] Yahweh called yet again, Samuel. Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. He answered, I didn't call, my son; lie down again. [7] Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him. [8] Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child. [9] Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call you, that you shall say, Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. [10] Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for your servant hears. [11] Yahweh said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle. [12] In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end. [13] For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse on themselves, and he didn't restrain them. [14] Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering forever. [15] Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision. [16] Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. He said, Here am I. [17] He said, "What is the thing that [Yahweh] has spoken to you? Please don't hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you." [18] Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. He said, It is Yahweh: let him do what seems him good. [19] Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. [20] All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh. [21] Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.

• 1 Samuel 9:15-17

  [15] Now Yahweh had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came, saying, [16] Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked on my people, because their cry is come to me. [17] When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! this same shall have authority over my people.

• 1 Samuel 16:1-13

  [1] Yahweh said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill your horn with oil, and go: I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons. [2] Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. Yahweh said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Yahweh. [3] Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do: and you shall anoint to me him whom I name to you. [4] Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Come you peaceably? [5] He said, Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice to Yahweh: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. [6] It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him. [7] But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart." [8] Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, Neither has Yahweh chosen this. [9] Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, Neither has Yahweh chosen this. [10] Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, Yahweh has not chosen these. [11] Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children? He said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. Samuel said to Jesse, Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he come here. [12] He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. Yahweh said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he. [13] Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

• Jeremiah 15:1

  Then said Yahweh to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

• Acts 3:24

  Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.

• Hebrews 11:32

  What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;

• 1 Samuel 12:1-25

  [1] Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you. [2] Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day. [3] Here I am: witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. [4] They said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything of any man's hand. [5] He said to them, Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. They said, He is witness. [6] Samuel said to the people, It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. [7] Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he did to you and to your fathers. [8] When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place. [9] But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them. [10] They cried to Yahweh, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you. [11] Yahweh sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you lived in safety. [12] When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us; when Yahweh your God was your king. [13] Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for: and, behold, Yahweh has set a king over you. [14] If you will fear Yahweh, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, and both you and also the king who reigns over you are followers of Yahweh your God, [well]: [15] but if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh be against you, as it was against your fathers. [16] Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes. [17] Isn't it wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking you a king. [18] So Samuel called to Yahweh; and Yahweh sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel. [19] All the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king. [20] Samuel said to the people, "Don't be afraid; you have indeed done all this evil; yet don't turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart: [21] and don't turn aside; for [then would you go] after vain things which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain. [22] For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people to himself. [23] Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way. [24] Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he has done for you. [25] But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be consumed, both you and your king."

• 2 Samuel 12:1-15

  [1] Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. [2] The rich man had very many flocks and herds, [3] but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter. [4] A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come to him." [5] David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this is worthy to die! [6] He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!" [7] Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. [8] I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things. [9] Why have you despised the word of Yahweh, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. [10] Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.' [11] This is what Yahweh says: 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. [12] For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'" [13] David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh." Nathan said to David, "Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die. [14] However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh's enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die." [15] Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.