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- Samuel was born about 1105BC and was the son of Elkanah and Hannah, from the tribe of Levi. Samuel was born in answer to Hannah’s prayers.
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Samuel was born about 1105BC and was the son of Elkanah and Hannah, from the tribe of Levi. Samuel was born in answer to Hannah’s prayers. Samuel’s mother Hannah dedicated Samuel from birth to the Lord God and Samuel served God all his life. Samuel was asked by God to anoint two kings.
New International Version. Update. The Birth of Samuel. 1 There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite[ a] from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah.
Nov 9, 2020 · He was one of the few biblical characters to have a detailed birth narrative. His story in the Bible began with a barren woman, Hannah, praying to God for a child. The Bible says "the Lord remembered her," and she became pregnant. She named the baby Samuel, which in Hebrew means "the Lord hears" or "the name of God."
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Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. Samuel, whose name means “heard of God,” was dedicated to God by his mother, Hannah, as part of a vow she made before he was born ( 1 Samuel 1:11 ). Hannah had been barren and prayed so fervently for a child that Eli the priest thought she was drunk ( 1 Samuel 1 ).
Family. 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).
- c. 1070 BCE, Ramathaim-Zophim (traditional)
- c. 1012 BCE, Ramah in Benjamin (traditional)
Apr 5, 2024 · Samuel, the son of Elkanah (of Ephraim) and Hannah, was born in answer to the prayer of his previously childless mother. In gratitude she dedicated him to the service of the chief sanctuary of Shiloh, in the charge of the priest Eli. As a boy Samuel received a divine oracle in which the fall of the house of Eli was predicted (1 Samuel 1–3).
However, his mother, Hannah, brings Samuel as a child to “minister to the Lord” (1Sam 2:11) before Eli, the priest at Shiloh. Samuel wears a linen ephod (1Sam 2:18), a typical priestly garment worn also by the Eli and his sons (1Sam 2:28).
