Samuel
Samuel 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 transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Quotes
[edit]- This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots. He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants. He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants. And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work. He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants. And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
- 1 Samuel 8,11-18 (NKJV).
- And take note, the Lord has set a king over you. If you fear the Lord and serve Him and obey His voice, and do not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then both you and the king who reigns over you will continue following the Lord your God. However, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you, as it was against your fathers.
- “Now therefore, stand and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes: Is today not the wheat harvest? I will call to the Lord, and He will send thunder and rain, that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking a king for yourselves.
- 1 Samuel 12,13-17 (NKJV).
- Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness; yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. And do not turn aside; for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing. For the Lord will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you His people. Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you; but I will teach you the good and the right way. Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you. But if you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king.
- 1 Samuel 12,20-25 (NKJV).
- “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
- As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
- Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
- And to heed than the fat of rams.
- For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
- And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
- Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
- He also has rejected you from being king.
- 1 Samuel 15,22-23 (NKJV).
Quotes about
[edit]- Samuel's importance lies in having established a monarchy that respected God's rights over the people. After the failure of Saul's reign, this would be implemented under David.
- L'importanza di Samuele sta nell'aver fatto prevalere una monarchia che rispettasse i diritti di Dio sul popolo. Dopo il fallimento del regno di Saul, ciò si attuerà sotto Davide.
- Jerusalem Bible, as quoted in La Bibbia di Gerusalemme, Edizioni Dehoniane, Bologna, 1999, p. 518. ISBN 88-10-80526-7
- L'importanza di Samuele sta nell'aver fatto prevalere una monarchia che rispettasse i diritti di Dio sul popolo. Dopo il fallimento del regno di Saul, ciò si attuerà sotto Davide.
- And Samuel was among those who called upon His name;
- They called upon the Lord, and He answered them.
- Psalms 98,6 (NKJV)
- Samuel was beloved by his Lord;
- a prophet of the Lord, he established the kingdom
- and anointed rulers over his people.
- By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation,
- and the Lord watched over Jacob.
- By his faithfulness he was proved to be a prophet,
- and by his words he became known as a trustworthy seer.
- Sirach 46,13-15 (NRSV).
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