The meaning of Samuel in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)
heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in I Samuel 1:20. Hannah, one of the two wives of Elkanah, who came up to Shiloh to worship before the Lord, earnestly prayed to God that she might become the mother of a son. Her prayer was graciously granted; and after the child was weaned she brought him to Shiloh nd consecrated him to the Lord as a perpetual Nazarite (1:23-2:11). Here his bodily wants and training were attended to by the women who served in the tabernacle, while Eli cared for his religious culture. Thus, probably, twelve years of his life passed away. "The child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men" (2:26; Compare Luke 2:52). It was a time of great and growing degeneracy in Israel (Judges 21:19-21; I Samuel 2:12-17,22). The Philistines, who of late had greatly increased in number and in power, were practically masters of the country, and kept the people in subjection (I Samuel 10:5; 13:3).
See more on the meaning of Samuel in the Bible:
Samuel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Samuel {Hitchcock's Bible Name}
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