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  • Daniel Hartman on 1 Samuel 1 - 3 years ago
    Would like to know what tribe was Samuel from?
  • Samuel prophet to King Saul - In Reply on 1 Samuel 1 - 3 years ago
    Samuel was of the Tribe of Levi

    Preceded by Eli

    Judge of Israel

    Anointed Saul, King of Israel

    Rebuked Saul

    Anointed David, King of Israel

    Elkanah lived in the mountains of Ephraim ( 1 Chronicles 6:16-30, 33-37); the Tribe of Levi was assigned to dwell in certain cities that were scattered throughout the tribes of Israel (Book of Genesis 49:6-7; Book of Numbers 35:6)

    This is why Samuel could offer sacrifices. Levites did not have land of their own, but were scattered among the tribal allotments. Elkanah's tribal genealogy is made clear in I Chronicles 6:16-27. There the descendants of Levi down to Elkanah are listed. He was a descendant of Kohath, whose descendants were scattered throughout Judah, Simeon, Benjamin, Ephraim, Dan, and Manasseh ( Joshua 21:9-26). Verses 26-27 list the parallel to the I Samuel passage: "... Zophai his son, Nahath his son, Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son" (ESV). To be sure, variant names are given in the two passages: Zophai and Zuph, Nahath and Tohu.



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