Person
Samuel
Prophet and last judge, son of Elkanah and Hannah; judged Israel all his days, anointed Saul and David, and died during David's exile (1 Sam 1–25).
Sort year1169/1152 BC
Tier 3 · Ussher–Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones)
Tier 3: Ussher-Jones (F. N. Jones): 1169 BC (no higher-tier year available). Jordan (secondary display) never sets the sort.
Description
Added with the judges-period records from James B. Jordan's chronology (secondary display).
Scripture
Family
- Father
- Not recorded
Birth
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference |
| Ussher-Jones | "SAMUEL BORN ?": "MAXIMUM YEAR 1169 BC" / "MINIMUM YEAR 1152 BC" Precision: year-range |
1169/1152 BC | Jones, Chart No. 4 "Judges to the First 3 Kings" (© 1993 Floyd Jones; chart text revised "As of 2007"), Samuel life-line (opens in a new tab) Question mark is Jones's. Sets sort year |
| Ussher | Not yet established | — | — No birth year found in Ussher's Annals for Samuel. Not inferred. |
| Jordan secondary | "2861 - ... Likely births of Samson, Samuel, Obed, and Jephthah's daughter." Precision: conjectural |
AM 2861 | Jordan, From Creation to Solomon (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2, Biblical Horizons, Oct. 2001), ch. 11 "The Era of the Judges and the Reign of Saul", p. 52 (opens in a new tab) 2001 revision. Jordan's 1991 list (BC 3:8) has an earlier year; see the second Jordan entry. p. 51 (2001): "The year 2910 was his first year of reign. Samuel was around 49 years old at this time." Judges (1985), pp. 237-239: Samuel conceived at about the same time as Samson; "If Samuel was 40 years old at the battle of Aphek ... a 40-year judgeship for Samuel"; David "born about 50 years after Samuel began to judge, or when Samuel was about 70 years old" (contrast No. 2, 2001: Samuel 58 at David's birth). Intervals only. |
| Jordan secondary | "2835 - ... Births of Samson and Samuel." Precision: conjectural |
AM 2835 | Jordan, "Chronology and Kings (II)," Biblical Chronology 3:8 (August 1991), section "The Judges", summary list (opens in a new tab) 1991 scheme, superseded by Jordan himself in 2001 (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2 dates the whole judges sequence 26 years later because he there ends the 300 years of Judg 11:26 when Ammon took the villages, AM 2860, not at Jephthah's victory). BC 3:7 (1991): Samuel 74 when Saul became king, "about 35 years older than Saul". |
| Jordan (compilation) secondary | birth of Samson and possibly Samuel Precision: conjectural |
AM 2861 | Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 8, chart "Year of the World: From the Judges to King Saul (Chronology from James Jordan)" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 2861. |
Disagreements & open questions
- Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 2835 (Jordan); AM 2861 (Jordan, Jordan (compilation)).
Flags are generated from the figures stored in the data. The master timeline still sorts by the CFAH-weighted sort year.
Death
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference |
| Ussher-Jones | "c.1060 BC SAMUEL DIES NEAR END OF SAUL'S [reign]" (1 Sam 25:1 & 27:7) Precision: approximate |
1060 BC | Jones, Chart No. 4 "Judges to the First 3 Kings" (© 1993 Floyd Jones; chart text revised "As of 2007"), Samuel life-line (opens in a new tab) |
| Ussher | Not yet established | — | — No death year found in Ussher's Annals for Samuel. Not inferred. |
| Jordan secondary | "2946 - (Hypothetical) Death of Samuel at age 85." Precision: conjectural |
AM 2946 | Jordan, From Creation to Solomon (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2, Biblical Horizons, Oct. 2001), ch. 11 "The Era of the Judges and the Reign of Saul", p. 52 (opens in a new tab) 2001 revision. Jordan's 1991 list (BC 3:8) has an earlier year; see the second Jordan entry. |
| Jordan secondary | "During David's exile, Samuel died (1 Samuel 25:1), perhaps at the age of 110 (compare Joshua 24:29)." Precision: conjectural |
— | Jordan, "Chronology and Kings (I)," Biblical Chronology 3:7 (July 1991), section "Saul in Context" (opens in a new tab) 1991 scheme, superseded by Jordan himself in 2001 (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2 dates the whole judges sequence 26 years later because he there ends the 300 years of Judg 11:26 when Ammon took the villages, AM 2860, not at Jephthah's victory). No year is given; the age (110 in 1991, 85 in 2001) is the difference. |
Events
Related
Free sources
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — 1Sam.1.20 ; 1Sam.7.15-1Sam.7.17 ; 1Sam.25.1 public-domain
- Chart No. 4: Judges to the First 3 Kings (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- Chronology and Kings (I) (Biblical Chronology 3:7, July 1991) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- Chronology and Kings (II) (Biblical Chronology 3:8, August 1991) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- From Creation to Solomon (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- Judges: God's War Against Humanism (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (A.M. chronology charts and A.M./B.C. table) (opens in a new tab) private-copy
Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.