The two Books of Samuel contain valuable historical material concerning the religious and moral conditions of the period. Samuel is the great prophet-judge who helps to unite the scattered tribes under one king, Saul. The history of the reigns of Saul and David is also recorded.

2 Samuel 23

23:24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,