The books of Samuel.

Counted among the prophets.


Attributed author(s).
Anonymous.
Samuel.

Text(s) available.
None on site.
CCEL: 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel (Hebrew only).
Swete LXX (Greek only).
Bible Gateway (English only).
HTML Bible:

1 Samuel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 (Hebrew and English).
2 Samuel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 (Hebrew and English).
HTML Bible:
1 Samuel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 (Latin Vulgate only).
2 Samuel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 (Latin Vulgate only).
Zhubert (Greek and English).
Kata Pi BHS:
1 Samuel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 (Hebrew and English).
2 Samuel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 (Hebrew and English).
Kata Pi LXX:
1 Kingdoms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 (Greek and English).
2 Kingdoms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 (Greek and English).
Kata Pi LXX: Ode 3 (prayer of Hannah).
Sacred Texts:
1 Samuel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 (polyglot).
2 Samuel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 (polyglot).
Sacred Texts: Ode 3 (prayer of Hannah).

Useful links.
1 and 2 Samuel at the OT Gateway.
1 and 2 Samuel in the Jewish Encyclopedia.
1 and 2 Samuel at Kata Pi (Oesterly and Robinson).
1 Samuel and 2 Samuel from the Plymouth Brethren.

The books of Samuel are counted as historical books in our English Bibles, but in the Jewish scriptures they are ranked among the former prophets.

The books were originally written in Hebrew, but the ancient Greek translation known as the Septuagint (abbreviated LXX) is also a very important witness to the text. These books in the LXX bear the titles of 1 and 2 Kingdoms (and 1 and 2 Kings bear the titles of 3 and 4 Kingdoms).