1 Samuel

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book of the Bible book of the Hebrew Bible book of the Old Testament

1 Samuel is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament that narrates the transition of Israel from the period of judges to the establishment of the monarchy under Saul and David.

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Label Occurrences
1 Samuel canonical 19
Book of 1 Samuel 13
First Book of Samuel 13

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book of the Bible ⓘ
book of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
book of the Old Testament ⓘ
alternateName Septuagint ⓘ
surface form: 1 Kingdoms (in some Septuagint traditions)

1 Samuel ⓘ
surface form: First Book of Samuel
canonicalStatus canonical scripture ⓘ
centralFigure David ⓘ
Eli ⓘ
Hannah ⓘ
Jonathan ⓘ
Samuel ⓘ
King Saul ⓘ
surface form: Saul
containsEvent David and Goliath ⓘ
David’s friendship with Jonathan ⓘ
Hannah’s prayer and song ⓘ
Israel’s request for a king ⓘ
Saul and the medium of Endor ⓘ
Saul’s pursuit of David ⓘ
Saul’s rejection by God ⓘ
anointing of David by Samuel ⓘ
anointing of Saul as king ⓘ
birth of Samuel ⓘ
call of Samuel ⓘ
capture of the Ark by the Philistines ⓘ
death of Saul ⓘ
return of the Ark to Israel ⓘ
divisionReason divided into two books in the Septuagint ⓘ
follows Ruth ⓘ
surface form: Book of Ruth
genre historical narrative ⓘ
theological history ⓘ
historicalPeriod beginning of the Israelite monarchy ⓘ
end of the period of the judges ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
originalCanonOrder first of the two books of Samuel ⓘ
originalForm part of a single book of Samuel ⓘ
partOf Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
Prophets ⓘ
surface form: Former Prophets

Neviim ⓘ
precedes 2 Samuel ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
setting Ancient Israel ⓘ
surface form: ancient Israel
subject life of Samuel ⓘ
King Saul ⓘ
surface form: reign of Saul

rise of David ⓘ
transition from judges to monarchy in Israel ⓘ
testament Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
theologicalTheme divine sovereignty ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
obedience to God ⓘ
prophetic authority ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prophets → containsBook → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) → hasBiblicalSource → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Books of Samuel
Tribe of Judah → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Books of Samuel
Ahinoam of Jezreel → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Books of Samuel
Ahinoam of Jezreel → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
1 Samuel → alternateName → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Book of Samuel
2 Samuel → follows → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Ruth → precedes → 1 Samuel ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Ruth
this entity surface form: First Book of Samuel
King Saul → appearsIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Book of Samuel
Michal → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Ark of the Covenant → describedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of 1 Samuel
Orit → contains → 1 Samuel ⓘ
David with the Head of Goliath → narrativeSource → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Book of Samuel
Gibeah → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of 1 Samuel
Historical Books (Christian canon) → includesBook → 1 Samuel ⓘ
prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible → appearsIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel
this entity surface form: Book of 1 Samuel
prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible → scripturalBookNamedAfter → 1 Samuel ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel
this entity surface form: First Book of Samuel
Michal daughter of Saul → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
subject surface form: Michal
this entity surface form: First Book of Samuel
Deuteronomistic history → hasPart → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of 1 Samuel
David and Goliath → appearsInBook → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Saul and the medium of Endor → recordedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Book of Samuel
Abner → appearsInBook → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Books of Samuel → hasPart → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Book of Samuel
Saul → firstAppearance → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Malchi-shua → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of 1 Samuel
Saul–David conflict → sourceText → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Kish → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Merab → appearsInBook → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Hannah → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of 1 Samuel
Hannah → appearsInChapter → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1 Samuel 1
Abinadab → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Mount Gilboa → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of 1 Samuel
Amalekites → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of 1 Samuel
Amalekites → commandSourceText → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1 Samuel 15
Protestant Bible → containsBook → 1 Samuel ⓘ
David by Gian Lorenzo Bernini → basedOnWork → 1 Samuel ⓘ
subject surface form: David (Bernini)
this entity surface form: First Book of Samuel
חַנָּה → appearsIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of 1 Samuel
Shiloh → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Book of Samuel
Eliab → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of 1 Samuel
Abinadab → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Shammah → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Shammah → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1 Samuel 16
יִשַׁי → appearsInBook → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Book of Samuel
Dagon → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of 1 Samuel
Beth Lehem → appearsInBook → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Goliath → appearsIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
Ramah → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Book of Samuel
Beth Shemesh → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Book of Samuel
Ziklag area → mentionedIn → 1 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of 1 Samuel