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Elkanah

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Named at 1 Samuel 1:1: “Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.” At 1:2 he has two wives: the name of one is Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. At 1:3–5 this man goes up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Armies in Shiloh, and when the day comes that he sacrifices, he gives a double portion to Hannah. At 1:19–20 Elkanah knows Hannah his wife, and she conceives, and bears a son, and names him Samuel. At 1:21–23 the man Elkanah and all his house go up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and his vow; Hannah doesn’t go up, and Elkanah her husband says to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may the LORD establish his word.” At 2:11 Elkanah goes to Ramah to his house, and at 2:20 Eli blesses Elkanah and his wife.

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1CH 6:22–28, engwebp
²²The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
²³Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
²⁵The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.
²⁶As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
²⁸The sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second, Abijah.
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1CH 6:33–38, engwebp
³³These are those who served, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
³⁴the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
³⁵the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
³⁶the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
³⁸the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
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1SA 1:1–2, engwebp
¹Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
²He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
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1SA 1:3–8, engwebp
³This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to the LORD, were there.
⁴When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;
⁵but he gave a double portion to Hannah, for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had shut up her womb.
⁶Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
⁷So year by year, when she went up to the LORD’s house, her rival provoked her. Therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.
⁸Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
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1SA 1:19–20, engwebp
¹⁹They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
²⁰When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of the LORD.”
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1SA 1:21–23, engwebp
²¹The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and his vow.
²²But Hannah didn’t go up, for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and stay there forever.”
²³Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may the LORD establish his word.” So the woman waited and nursed her son until she weaned him.
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1SA 2:11, engwebp
¹¹Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.
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1SA 2:18–21, engwebp
¹⁸But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
¹⁹Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
²⁰Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May the LORD give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was asked of the LORD.” Then they went to their own home.
²¹The LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before the LORD.
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Unresolved interpretation: Samuel’s forebears at 1 Chronicles 6 and 1 Samuel 1:1

1 Chronicles 6:26–28 says, “As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, Nahath his son, Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son. The sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second, Abijah.”
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- 1CH 6:22–28, engwebp
  ²²The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
  ²³Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
  ²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
  ²⁵The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.
  ²⁶As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
  ²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
  ²⁸The sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second, Abijah.
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1 Chronicles 6:33–35 says, “Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah”.
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- 1CH 6:33–38, engwebp
  ³³These are those who served, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
  ³⁴the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
  ³⁵the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
  ³⁶the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
  ³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
  ³⁸the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
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1 Samuel 1:1 says, “Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.”
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- 1SA 1:1–2, engwebp
  ¹Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
  ²He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
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1 Samuel 1:1 names Elkanah, an Ephraimite, “the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph”. 1 Chronicles 6:26–27 go from Elkanah through Zophai, Nahath, Eliab and Jeroham to Elkanah, and 6:34–35 make Jeroham the son of Eliel, Eliel the son of Toah, Toah the son of Zuph, and Zuph the son of Elkanah. In these passages both editions name Jeroham’s forebears differently (Elihu, Tohu, Zuph; Eliab, Nahath, Zophai; Eliel, Toah, Zuph). 1 Chronicles 6 sets this line among the sons of Kohath (6:22, 6:33), and 1 Samuel 1:1 calls Elkanah an Ephraimite. 6:25 names Amasai a son of Elkanah, and 6:35–36 name Amasai the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel. This collection links the Jeroham, Elkanah and Samuel of 1 Chronicles 6:27–28 and 6:33–34 to the entries of 1 Samuel, and records Eliab, Nahath, Zophai, Eliel, Toah, Zuph and the Amasai of each line in the name lists without joining them to any entry. The text does not say whether any of these are the same men, nor how “an Ephraimite” and the sons of Kohath fit together, and the collection does not decide it.

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Jeroham (father of Elkanah) — Father of — Elkanah

Evidence: 1 Chronicles 6:22–28, 1 Chronicles 6:33–38, 1 Samuel 1:1–2
Elkanah — Spouse of — Hannah

Evidence: 1 Samuel 1:1–2
Elkanah — Spouse of — Peninnah

Evidence: 1 Samuel 1:1–2
Elkanah — Father of — Samuel

Evidence: 1 Chronicles 6:33–38, 1 Samuel 1:19–20
Took part in (6) — Elkanah of Ramathaim Zophim and his two wives, Hannah and Peninnah, Elkanah goes up to Shiloh year by year to sacrifice, and Hannah’s rival provokes her, Hannah bears a son and names him Samuel, Hannah does not go up, and nurses her son until she weans him, Elkanah returns to Ramah, and the child serves the LORD, The child Samuel ministers in a linen ephod, and the little robe his mother makes him

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1 Samuel 1:1 Open that verse

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

1 Samuel 1:4 Open that verse

When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;

1 Samuel 1:8 Open that verse

Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

1 Samuel 1:19 Open that verse

They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

1 Samuel 1:21 Open that verse

The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and his vow.

1 Samuel 1:23 Open that verse

Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may the LORD establish his word.” So the woman waited and nursed her son until she weaned him.

1 Samuel 2:11 Open that verse

Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 2:20 Open that verse

Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May the LORD give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was asked of the LORD.” Then they went to their own home.

1 Chronicles 6:27 Open that verse

Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.

1 Chronicles 6:34 Open that verse

the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

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Entry: Elkanah (person-elkanah-jeroham)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/elkanah-jeroham
Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 1:1: “Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.” At 1:2 he has two wives: the name of one is Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. At 1:3–5 this man goes up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Armies in Shiloh, and when the day comes that he sacrifices, he gives a double portion to Hannah. At 1:19–20 Elkanah knows Hannah his wife, and she conceives, and bears a son, and names him Samuel. At 1:21–23 the man Elkanah and all his house go up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and his vow; Hannah doesn’t go up, and Elkanah her husband says to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may the LORD establish his word.” At 2:11 Elkanah goes to Ramah to his house, and at 2:20 Eli blesses Elkanah and his wife.
Cited evidence: 1CH 6:22–28, engwebp / 1CH 6:33–38, engwebp / 1SA 1:1–2, engwebp / 1SA 1:3–8, engwebp / 1SA 1:19–20, engwebp / 1SA 1:21–23, engwebp / 1SA 2:11, engwebp / 1SA 2:18–21, engwebp
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