Excerpt from A Commentary Upon the Two Books of Samuel<br><br>Verle I only an Extraéi of the Subliance of them, which per haps might be made by fome following Prophet, and divided into two Books Which were called by the Name of Samuel 5 becaufe he was the 'mofi eminent Perlon of the three, and his A613 are here recorded in. The firtt place. Certain it is, this Work was extant before the Book of the King; was written; for men tion is there made, of what we read in this Hiltory, I King: II. 27. And in the Book of the Chronicles feveral things area repeated, which We find here, in the very fame words. It is highly probable alfo, that Samuel having undertaken to write the Hifiory of the judges; (to which as an Appendix he added the Book of Ruth) would not leave it imperfect: But added in this Book What concerned Eli and himfelf 5' who Were the Jail Judges of that Nation. See the Preface to the Book of indger.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.