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Samuel begins with the prophet [[Samuel]]'s birth<ref>{{bibleverse|1 Samuel|1:1–20|KJV}}</ref> and [[Yahweh|God]]'s call to him as a boy. The story of the [[Ark of the Covenant]] follows. It tells of Israel's oppression by the [[Philistines]], which brought about Samuel's anointing of [[Saul]] as Israel's first king. But Saul proved unworthy, and God's choice turned to [[David]], who defeated Israel's enemies, purchased the threshing floor ({{bibleverse|2 Samuel|24:24|KJV}}), where his son [[Solomon]] would build the Temple, and brought the Ark to Jerusalem. God then promised David and his successors an everlasting dynasty.{{sfn|Spieckerman|2001|p=348}}
In the [[Septuagint]], a basis of the [[Christian biblical canon]]s, the text is divided into two books, now called First and Second Book of Samuel, collectively
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