There are similarities of style and structure between the Books of Samuel and the Books of Kings. This is because they were written by the same author, whom some biblical scholars call the "Deuteronomist". They are part of an integrated series called the Deuteronomic history.
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According to tradition, the Book of Samuel was written by Samuel (and completed by Nathan), and Kings was written by Jeremiah (Talmud, Bava Bathra 14b). The similarity between the twp books is that, like Joshua and Judges, they are both history narratives.
They were composed by prophets in Israel They contain a great deal of historical narrative, relating events in Israel
They are all in Hebrew
They constitute the Early Prophets
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The Books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings, as well as the Book of Deuteronomy, were all written in the Hebrew dialect, known as Middle Biblical Hebrew, that was in use in the late monarchy period. They were written in the same literary style and form a closely integrated series, as if written by the same anonymous author. This author is now known as the Deuteronomist and is believed to have written during the seventh-century-BCE reign of King Josiah.
It never was.
In the Bible, the books Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther make up the Books of History.
The book of Kings, Judges, Ruth , Samuel and Esther.
Beside the books of Moses , it is Kings, Samuel, chronicles, Jeremiah and daniel.
Commonly they are: 7 - Judges 8- Ruth 9- 1 Samuel 10 - 2 Samuel 11 - 1 Kings 12 - 2 Kings
The historical books are Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Ester.
1&2 Samuel 1&2 Kings 1&2 Chronicles
There are 2 books of SamuelAnswer:In my old King James Bible, it states on the title page that it is:"conformable to the edition of 1611, commonly known as the authorized or King James Version." --In this printing of this "1611 conformable" version of the KJV, the title of "I Samuel" reads: "The First Book of Samuel otherwise called The First Book of Kings".The title of "II Samuel" reads: "The Second Book of Samuel otherwise called The Second Book of Kings".The title of "I Kings" reads: "The First Book of the Kings commonly called The Third Book of the Kings".And as you may have guessed by now, the title of "II Kings" reads: "The Second Book of the Kings commonly called The Fourth Book of the Kings".The history of the "translations" of the different Bibles and how they came into existence is interesting, to say the least.The two books of Samuel in the KJV form "one" text in the Hebrew Bible. In the course of time the Greek Septuagint translation took the text of Samuel together with the Books of Kings... divided them into four and called them the "Books of the Kingdoms."From there... the Latin Vulgate translation made them into the four "Books of the Kings" as my old KJV references in its book titles.Then King James and his translators came along. And as the title page of the KJV mentioned above states:"Translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared [emphasis, mine] and revised by His Majesty's special command" --The two "separate" books of first and second Samuel were born in the KJV, basically, from the Latin Vulgate "comparison" of the "Books of the Kings."So, there is "one" Book of Samuel in the original Hebrew Bible. And following a translation hiatus or two... it returned divided into "two" Books of Samuel in the King James Version.
According to the Jewish count: Eight books. Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the Twelve (minor prophets). Samuel and Kings are each counted as one book (which includes 1 and 2), and the Twelve are counted as one book.
Prophets (Nevi'im).
1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings, along with the Books of Joshua and Judges, make up what is now known as the Deuteronomic History.
The order is 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings