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===Samuel===
{{main|Samuel}}
Samuel answers the description of the "prophet like Moses" predicted in Deuteronomy 18:15–22: like Moses, he has direct contact with [[Yahweh]], acts as a judge, and is a perfect leader who never makes mistakes.{{sfn|Beytenbrach|2000|pp=53–55}} Samuel's successful defence of the Israelites against their enemies demonstrates that they have no need for a king (who will, moreover, introduce inequality), yet despite this the people demand a king. But the king they are given is Yahweh's gift, and Samuel explains that kingship can be a blessing rather than a curse if they remain faithful to their God. On the other hand, total destruction of both king and people will result if they turn to wickedness.{{sfn|Klein|2003|p=316}}
===Saul===
{{main|Saul}}
Saul is the chosen one, tall, handsome and "goodly",<ref>{{bibleverse|1|Samuel|9:2|KJV}}: King James Version</ref> a king appointed by Yahweh, and anointed by Samuel, Yahweh's prophet, and yet he is ultimately rejected.{{sfn|Hertzberg|1964|p=19}} Saul has two faults which make him unfit for the office of king: he carries out a sacrifice in place of Samuel (1 Samuel 13:8–14), and he fails to complete the genocide of the [[Amalekites]] as God has ordered (1 Samuel 15).{{sfn|Klein|2003|p=319}}
===David===
{{main|David}}
One of the main units within Samuel is the "History of David's Rise", the purpose of which is to justify David as the legitimate successor to Saul.{{sfn|Dick|2004|pp=3–4}} The narrative stresses that he gained the throne lawfully, always respecting "the Lord's anointed" (i.e. Saul) and never taking any of his numerous chances to seize the throne by violence.{{sfn|Jones|2001|p=198}} As God's chosen king over Israel, David is also the son of God ("I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me..." – 2 Samuel 7:14).{{sfn|Coogan|2009|pp=216, 229–33}} God enters into an eternal covenant (treaty) with David and his line, promising divine protection of the dynasty and of Jerusalem through all time.{{sfn|Coogan|2009|p=425}}
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*{{Cite book|last=Schleffer|first=Eben|title=Past, present, future: the Deuteronomistic history and the prophets|publisher=Brill|year=2000|chapter=Saving Saul from the Deuteronomist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uP22QHpnKq8C&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=Breytenbach+Who+is+behind+the+Samuel+narrative#v=onepage&q=Breytenbach%20Who%20is%20behind%20the%20Samuel%20narrative&f=false|editor=Johannes Cornelis de Moor and H.F. Van Rooy|isbn=9789004118713}}
*{{Cite book|last=Soggin|first=Alberto|title=Introduction to the Old Testament|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|year=1987|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mqSNsKXnHQgC&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=Soggin+Introduction+to+the+Old+Testament#v=onepage&q&f=false|isbn=9780664221560}}
*{{Cite book|last=Spieckerman|first=Hermann|chapter=The Deuteronomistic History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41_0okLzQJkC&pg=PA337&lpg=PA337&dq=The+Deuteronomistic+History+Hermann+Spieckermann#v=onepage&q=The%20Deuteronomistic%20History%20Hermann%20Spieckermann&f=false|editor=Leo G. Perdue|title=The Blackwell
*{{Cite book|last=Van Seters|first=John|title=In search of history: historiography in the ancient world and the origins of biblical history|publisher=Eisenbrauns|year=1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0-skPdXtewwC&pg=PA406&lpg=PA406&dq=Van+Seters+In+Search+of+History#v=onepage&q=Samuel&f=false|isbn=9781575060132}}
*{{Cite book|last=Walton|first=John H|chapter=The Deuteronomistic History|url=https://books.google.com/?id=WC80zxPIgyQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Hill+Walton+A+Survey+of+the+Old+Testament#v=onepage&q=Hill%20Walton%20A%20Survey%20of%20the%20Old%20Testament&f=false|editor=Andrew E. Hill, John H. Walton|title=A Survey of the Old Testament|publisher=Zondervan|year=2009|isbn=9780631210719}}
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