Quotes about Samuel

to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.

He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.

Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,

And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.

The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.

The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,

No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.