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1 Samuel 3 is the third chapter of the First Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or the first part of the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel , with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan , [ 2 ] but modern scholars view it as a composition ...
Their misdeeds provoked the wrath of Yahweh and led to a divine curse being put on the house of Eli, and they subsequently both died on the same day, when Israel was defeated by the Philistines at the Battle of Aphek near Eben-ezer; the news of this defeat then led to Eli's death (1 Samuel 4:17–18).
Most scholars agree that there were more than one Aphek. C. R. Conder identified the Aphek of Eben-Ezer [3] with a ruin (Khirbet) some 3.7 miles (6 km) distant from Dayr Aban (believed to be Eben-Ezer [4]), and known by the name Marj al-Fikiya; the name al-Fikiya being an Arabic corruption of Aphek. [5]
According to 1 Samuel 1–3, the sanctuary at Shiloh was administered by the Aaronite high priest Eli and his two sons, Hophni and Phinehas. According to this account, the young Samuel was dedicated by his mother Hannah there, to be raised at the shrine by the high priest, and his own prophetic ministry is presented as having begun there.
1Q Samuel (1QSam; 1Q7) was found in Cave 1 and contains remnants of a manuscript that contained parts from 1 Samuel 18 and 2 Samuel 20:6-10, 21:16-18, and 23:9-12. The variants within this text include a missing long stretch in 20:8, as well as some peculiar readings of proper nouns (21:18, 23:9).
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1 Samuelis also known as 1 Regum: 1 Kings: listed as "1 Samuel", otherwise called "1 Kings" in the Challoner revision of the Douay–Rheims. 1 Samuel: 2 Samuelis also known as 2 Regum: 2 Kings: listed as "2 Samuel", otherwise called "2 Kings" in the Challoner revision of the Douay–Rheims. 2 Samuel: 3 Regum: 3 Kings: 1 Kings: 4 Regum: 4 Kings ...
1 Samuel 20 is the twentieth chapter of the First Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or the first part of the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel , with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan , [ 2 ] but modern scholars view it as a ...