Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life - Samuel is supposed to have lived one hundred years; he did not begin to judge Israel till he was about forty years of age; and if he was one hundred years of age when he died, he must have been a judge sixty years, and consequently filled that office during the whole of Saul's reign. But that he had been dead before Saul's last battle, is evident from the transactions of that king with the witch of En-dor, and probably not long before. Samuel was the prophet of that time; declared the will of the Lord, and frequently directed both the civil and military transactions of the kingdom. Samuel seems, in many respects, to have been considered the governor of the people, while Saul was only looked on as the general of the armies.

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1131-1057
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1 Samuel 7:6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there...

1 Samuel 12:1 And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

1 Samuel 25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose...

Judges 2:16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

Judges 3:10,11 And the Spirit of the LORD came on him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war...

Acts 13:20,21 And after that he gave to them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet...

Ebenezer 1Sam 7:12
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John Newton—Olney Hymns