A Wikipedia article on Samuel, recording that he was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament, that he anointed Saul as the first king of Israel, and that he later proceeded to Bethlehem and secretly anointed David as king.
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Reliability Tier3
A crowd-edited tertiary reference, used here to confirm the secret anointing of David at Bethlehem as Samuel's standard biblical act, independently corroborated by the Victoria and Albert Museum's own catalogue description of an actual circa 1580 plaquette naming the same episode. Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names Bethlehem directly: "Israel, and that he later proceeded to Bethlehem and secretly anointed David as king."
This source names Samuel directly: "A Wikipedia article on Samuel, recording that he was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament, that he anointed Saul as the first king of Israel, and that he later proceeded to Bethlehem..."
Saul, Figures This source names Saul directly: "in the Old Testament, that he anointed Saul as the first king of Israel, and that he later proceeded to Bethlehem and secretly anointed David as king."
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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