A prophet of the Lord. — Then from the northern to the southern cities of the land the fame of the boy-friend of the Eternal was established. The minds of all the people were thus gradually prepared when the right moment came to acknowledge Samuel as a God-sent chieftain. On this rapid and universal acknowledgment of the young prophet it has been observed, “that the people, in spite of their disruption, yet formed religiously an unit.”
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1 Samuel 3:20
20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was establishedb to be a prophet of the LORD.