Samuel
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Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's trans
Detail from Saul and the Witch of Endor by Matthias Stom, c. 1635
Samuil kneels next to the chest given by God, which is the Ark of the Covenant and the coffin of fellow prophet Musa
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout – Hannah presenting her son Samuel to the priest Eli c. 1665
Apparition of the spirit of Samuel to Saul, by Salvator Rosa, 1668
Saul
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Saul was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy. His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh century
Saul depicted in a detail from an 1878 oil painting by Ernst Josephson
The Kingdom of Saul, according to the biblical account
David Plays the Harp for Saul, by Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650
Saul threatening David, by José Leonardo, c. 1640s