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(с 11th century BC) Old Testament prophet, the first after Moses and the last of the judges of ancient Israel.
His story is told in two biblical books (1 and 2 Samuel) that relate the history of Israel in the 11th–10th century BC. During this period, the first monarchy of Israel was established and the tribes of Israel united under a single kingdom with its capital at Jerusalem. Samuel received a revelation that led to the installation of Saul as king, but later announced an oracle rejecting Saul and secretly anointed David as king. Scholars dispute whether the historical Samuel was the author of the two books that bear his name.
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died Oct. 6, 1014
Tsar of Western Bulgaria (980–1014).
Ruling originally in Macedonia, he conquered Serbia, northern Bulgaria, Albania, and northern Greece. He revived the Bulgarian patriarchate and in the 980s defeated Basil II . However, his struggle with the Byzantines continued until 1014, when Basil defeated Samuel's army at the Battle of Belasitsa. At Basil's order, the 15,000 Bulgarian prisoners were blinded and then returned to Samuel, who is said to have died of shock.
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Addams Charles Samuel
Barber Samuel
Samuel Adrian Baugh
Beckett Samuel Barclay
Behrman Samuel Nathaniel
Bentham Sir Samuel
Blumberg Baruch Samuel
Butler Samuel
Samuel Cohen
Champlain Samuel de
Chase Samuel
Coleridge Samuel Taylor
Colt Samuel
Cooke Samuel
Crompton Samuel
Cunard Sir Samuel 1st Baronet
Delany Samuel Ray
Doe Samuel Kanyon
Firestone Harvey Samuel
Gardiner Samuel Rawson
Goldwyn Samuel
Samuel Goldfish
Gompers Samuel
Andrew Samuel Griffith
Gross Samuel David
Hahnemann Christian Friedrich Samuel
Hammett Samuel Dashiell
Hoffman Samuel Kurtz
Houston Samuel
Hughes Sir Samuel
Huntington Samuel Phillips
Insull Samuel
Johnson Samuel
Judah ben Samuel
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Kuhn Thomas Samuel
Langley Samuel Pierpont
Lister Samuel Cunliffe Baron Masham of Swinton
Morison Samuel Eliot
Morse Samuel Finley Breese
Samuel Joel Mostel
Nujoma Samuel Shafiihuma
Paley William Samuel
Palmer Samuel
Peckinpah David Samuel
Pepys Samuel
Plimsoll Samuel
Pufendorf Samuel baron von
Rayburn Samuel Taliaferro
Richardson Samuel
Scheidt Samuel
Sewall Samuel
Samuel Shepard Rogers
Slater Samuel
Smith Samuel
Snead Samuel Jackson
Samuel Sosa Peralta
Tilden Samuel Jones
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Walton Samuel Moore
Samuel Wilder
Theodore Samuel Williams
Wise Stephen Samuel
Hoare Sir Samuel John Gurney 2nd Baronet
Samuel of Mount Carmel and of Toxeth Herbert Louis Samuel 1st Viscount