活動時期約西元前11世紀 《舊約》中的先知。是繼摩西之後第一位也是古代以色列士師中最後一位。有關撒母耳的資料見於聖經中〈撒母耳記〉上、下兩書。這兩本書敘述在西元前11～西元前10世紀以色列的歷史。在這段期間，以色列第一個君主政體成立了，以色列的部族也都團結在該獨立王國之下。建都耶路撒冷。撒母耳得到啓示擁護掃羅就任國王，但不久宣佈一神諭拒絕掃羅，並祕密爲大衛塗油，立其爲王。學者們均在爭議是否歷史上的撒母耳就是記載有他名字的那兩本書的作者。 Old Testament prophet, the first after Moses and the last of the judges of ancient Israel. His story is told in two biblical books (1 and 2 Samuel) that relate the history of Israel in the 11th-10th century BC. During this period, the first monarchy of Israel was established and the tribes of Israel united under a single kingdom with its capital at Jerusalem. Samuel received a revelation that led to the installation of Saul as king, but later announced an oracle rejecting Saul and secretly anointed David as king. Scholars dispute whether the historical Samuel was the author of the two books that bear his name.
