Samuel
Samuel was the last judge of Israel because the people asked for a king and he anointed King Saul later King David. After that was a line of kings not judges in Israel.
They are the generations of kings of the Israelites who ruled over the two separate houses of "Israel" and "Judah" (the Jews) after David's death, through the House of Israel's scattering by Assyria... and the House of Judah's (the Jew's) captivity by Babylon some 130 years after Israel disappeared.They also chronicle some of the kings' behavior and God's Prophets' warnings and interaction with them.First and second Kings, according to the KJV subtitles them: "Commonly called THE THIRD AND FOURTH BOOKS OF THE KINGS"... with first and second "Samuel" being the "otherwise called the FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS."I Samuel actually begins the chronicling of the kings of Israel, beginning with Israel's emerging from the "Judges" era... their rejection of God as their Sovereign King, and the anointing of Saul.
Israel wanted a king , and asked the prophet and judge Samuel to find one for them. So Saul was chosen , against the wishes of Samuel. They wanted a king mainly as the people living near them had kings.
The Judges were the people who decided the peoples problem, they were there before the kings Saul arrived.
There were many leaders in the Bible. There were 12 Judges before the Kings, and there were 23 kings of Judah and 19 kings of Israel. But the greatest leader in the Old Testament was Moses. In the New Testament, after Jesus, the King of Kings, there were the 12 apostles: Simon Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Lebbaeus, Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot.
The prophet Samuel served as a bridge between the Judges and the Kings of Israel. He anointed both Saul and David as the first two kings of Israel, transitioning the nation from a period of judges to a monarchy.
they were not kings as Saul was their first king.
Samuel
Prophets. At least some of them were.
Israel was led by various Judges before being ruled by kings like other nations.
Samuel was a biblical figure who was a prophet and judge in ancient Israel. He anointed both Saul and David as kings of Israel.
Samuel was a prophet and judge in the Bible who anointed the first two kings of Israel, Saul and David. He played a key role in guiding and advising the Israelites during a time of transition and change.
The last Judge was Samson, and the first major prophet was Samuel.
Yes, during the centuries of the Judges and Kings. During Second Temple times there were Jews and non-Jews in Israel (Judea).
back in israel in the bible it says judges ruled before the kings the last judge was Samuel and the first king was saul
The prophet Samuel anointed Saul and later David as King of Israel. Samuel had the unique position of being prophet, judge, and priest.
Saul was the first king Israel. He was anointed as the king of Israel by Prophet Samuel. He was a Benjaminite by tribe.