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Named at 1 Samuel 1:1 in the line of Elkanah: “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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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

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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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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Entry: Tohu (person-tohu)
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Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 1:1 in the line of Elkanah: “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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