Shemu'el. (heard by God).

1. A commissioner, appointed from the tribe of Simeon, to divide the land of Canaan. Numbers 34:20. (B.C. 1450).

2. Samuel, the prophet. 1 Chronicles 6:33.

3. Son of Tola, and one of the chiefs of the tribe of Issachar, 1 Chronicles 7:2. (B.C. 1014).