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Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah.Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. [4] [5] His genealogy is also found in a pedigree of the Kohathites (1 Chronicles 6:3–15) and in that of Heman the Ezrahite, apparently his grandson (1 Chronicles 6:18–33).
Witch of Endor by Adam Elsheimer.. When the prophet Samuel dies, he is buried in Rama (1 Samuel 25:1; 28:3).Saul, the King of Israel, seeks advice from God in choosing a course of action against the assembled forces of the Philistine army.
Here Samuel died and was buried (1 Sam. 25:1). The historian Josephus distinguishes between Ramathaim, "a city of the tribe of Ephraim," [2] and Ramah, the burial place of Samuel the prophet, [3] but he does not explicitly say that these were two different places. [4] Ramathaim-Zophim has been tentatively identified with one of two sites.
Jonathan died at the battle of Mount Gilboa along with his father and brothers [13] (1 Samuel 31). His bones were buried first at Jabesh-gilead, (1 Samuel 31:13) but were later removed with those of his father and moved to Zelah. [3] [14] Jonathan was the father of Mephibosheth, to whom David showed special kindness for Jonathan's sake (2 ...
The narrative about Hannah can be found in 1 Samuel 1:2–2:21. Outside of the first two chapters of 1 Samuel, she is not otherwise mentioned in the Bible. In the biblical narrative, Hannah is one of two wives of Elkanah. The other, Peninnah, had given birth to Elkanah's children, but Hannah remained childless. Nevertheless, Elkanah preferred ...
Doeg is the subject of many rabbinical legends, the origins of which are to be found in part in Psalm 52.. Though he died at the early age of thirty-four years, [3] he is regarded by the rabbis as the greatest scholar of his time, a strong description being supposedly applied to him because he made every one with whom he disputed "blush". [4]
The Book of Samuel (Hebrew: ספר שמואל, Sefer Shmuel) is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Samuel) in the Old Testament. The book is part of the Deuteronomistic history , a series of books ( Joshua , Judges , Samuel, and Kings ) that constitute a theological history of the Israelites and that aim to explain God's law ...
According to the 1st Book of Samuel Chapter 25, Nabal (Hebrew: נָבָל Nāḇāl, "fool" [1]) was a rich Calebite, described as harsh and surly. [2] He is featured in a story in which he is threatened by David over an insult, and ultimately killed by God.