The Tomb of Samuel Hebrew: קבר שמואל הנביא‎, translit. Kever Shmuel ha-Nevi; Arabic: النبي صموئيل‎, translit. an-Nabi Samu'il or Nebi Samwil), is the traditional burial site of the biblical Hebrew and Islamic prophet Samuel, atop a steep hill at an elevation of 908 meters above sea level. It is situated in the Palestinian village of Nabi Samwil in the West Bank, 1.3 kilometers north of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot.[1] On the site is a building containing a mosque built in the 18th century that was formerly a church.