Samuel

Samuel was a prophet of God. His mother promised that she would give him to the Lord for his whole life and never shave his head, if the Lord would bless her with a son. Samuel heard God talk to him. He was a judge of God's people. When Samuel grew old he made his son's judges over Israel, but they did not obey God's commandments and the people didn't like them either, so God's people told Samuel to give them a king, like all the other nations had. Samuel did not like this. God told Samuel that the people did not reject him, they really didn't want God to rule them any more. Samuel anointed Saul king over Israel and God sent many messages to Saul through Samuel. Samuel also anointed David, God's first chosen king of Israel. God told Samuel to judge a person by their heart, not by what they look like.