<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Books of Samuel, 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel, form part of the narrative history of Israel in the Nevi'im or "prophets" section of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, called the Deuteronomistic history, a series of books (Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings) that constitute a theological history of the Israelites and aim to explain God's law for Israel under the guidance of the prophets . According to Jewish tradition, the book was written by Samuel, with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan . Modern scholarly thinking is that the entire Deuteronomistic history was composed in the period c. 630--540 BC by combining a number of independent texts of various ages . </P> <P> Samuel begins with the prophet Samuel's birth and God's call to him as a boy . The story of the Ark of the Covenant that follows tells of Israel's oppression by the Philistines, which brought about Samuel's anointing of Saul as Israel's first king . But Saul proved unworthy and God's choice turned to David, who defeated Israel's enemies and brought the Ark to Jerusalem . God then promised David and his successors an everlasting dynasty . </P>

Where in the bible is the story of samuel