Samuel
Prophet and judge of Israel. In the death of Eli and slaying of Saul, shows the old law abolished; in Zadok and David, attests the mysteries of a new priesthood and kingdom.
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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I. THE HELMETED PROLOGUE.
— Third in the order of the Prophets; called "first and second of Kings" among Latins
"Third follows Samuel, which we call the first and second of Kings."
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I. THE HELMETED PROLOGUE.
— Jerome claims his translation of Samuel as his own
"Read therefore first my Samuel and my Melachim -- mine, I say, mine."
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— In the death of Eli and slaying of Saul, shows the old law abolished; in Zadok and David, attests new priesthood and kingdom
"Samuel, in the death of Eli and the slaying of Saul, shows the old law abolished."
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Sacred Chronology
— Mentioned in connection with Saul's reign
"to Saul alone after Samuel he gives 40 years"