# Samuel — Leviathan character guide

> Samuel in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-of-man

## Who they are

Prophet and last judge of Israel who anointed both Saul and David as kings.

## In the story

### [XII: Of Religion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/xii-of-religion)

Referenced in the context of his sons' unjust judgments leading Israel to demand a king.

### [Of Those Things That Weaken, or Tend to the Dissolution of a Commonwealth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/xxix-of-those-things-that-weaken-or-tend-to-the-dissolution-of-a-commonwealth)

The people of the Jews called upon Samuel to demand a king, rejecting God's rule.

### [XXXIV: Of the Signification of Spirit, Angel, and Inspiration in the Books of Holy Scripture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/xxxiv-of-the-signification-of-spirit-angel-and-inspiration-in-the-books-of-holy-scripture)

Referenced in the context of Saul among the prophets.

### [Of the Signification in Scripture of Kingdom of God, of Holy, Sacred, and Sacrament](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/xxxv-of-the-signification-in-scripture-of-kingdom-of-god-of-holy-sacred-and-sacrament)

Samuel was displeased when the Israelites demanded a king, and God told him they had rejected God as their king.

### [XL: Of the Rights of the Kingdom of God, in Abraham, Moses, the High Priests, and the Kings of Judah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/xl-of-the-rights-of-the-kingdom-of-god-in-abraham-moses-the-high-priests-and-the-kings-of-judah)

Displeased when the people demanded a king; anointed David as king after Saul's disobedience.

## Links

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