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          | The 
              judge who anointed the first two kings 
              of Israel.  |  
 
         
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          | Samuel took a horn of oil
 and anointed David
 (1 
              Sam 16:13)
 |  Samuel was the son 
        of Elkanah and Hannah who had long been barren. Hannah dedicated him to 
        the Lord as a child and brought him to Eli the priest. When Samuel was 
        a child, he heard the voice of the Lord speak to him at the shrine in 
        Shiloh. As an adult, Samuel played an important part in uniting the tribes 
        against the growing threat of the Philistines. 
        Samuel anointed Saul as king of Israel, and later 
        went to Bethlehem anoint David as Saul's successor. 
         1 
        Sam 3:1-18 - Call 1 
        Sam 10:1-8 - Anoints Saul
 1 
        Sam 16:1-13 - Anoints David
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