← All characters

Kingdom

Samuel

The last great judge of Israel and the prophet who anointed both Saul and David. The bridge between the age of judges and the age of kings.

Related characters

Hannah Saul David

4 lessons

The Kingdom
Hannah and Samuel
A barren woman's prayer at Shiloh, and the boy who became Israel's last judge and first king-maker.
The Kingdom
Give Us a King
Israel demands a king like the nations, and Saul, the tall son of Kish, is anointed.
The Kingdom
Saul Rejected
An unlawful sacrifice and a spared Amalekite king: how the throne slipped from Saul's hands.
The Kingdom
David Anointed
Samuel goes to Bethlehem with a horn of oil — and the LORD looks where men do not.