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When was the book of 1 Samuel written?

Often times, Scripture gives us an internal evidence that helps us pinpoint when a certain book was probably written.

One such example is 1 Samuel 9:9, the author deviates from narrating the story to offer his commentary of events:

"(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, “Come, let us go to the seer,” for today's “prophet” was formerly called a seer.)"

We do not know who wrote 1 Samuel, but it does show us from this text that the time of prophets is a possible guestimate.

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