Josephus also says that “when Samuel was twelve years old, he began to prophesy: and once when he was asleep, God called to him by his name. ” ​ — Compare 1 Samuel 3: 2 - 21.
כמו ־ כן, הוא מציין ” כשמלאה לשמואל השנה השתים עשרה התחיל להינבא.