Introduction
Elder son of Samuel; the text records that he and his brother Abijah did not follow their father's ways as judges, which the elders of Israel cited in asking for a king
Family
This article records a figure from the Hebrew Bible's narrative genealogy of Israel, as told across the Torah and the Former Prophets. It follows the text's own presentation of events rather than adjudicating questions of historicity, which remain debated among biblical scholars and archaeologists.