Topic
Elkanah
26 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 6:24Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. Grandson of Korah
And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
- 1 Chronicles 6:23Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. Grandson of Korah
Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
- 1 Samuel 1:1Easton · Nave 2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
- 1 Samuel 1:4Easton · Nave 2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding
¶ And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
- 1 Samuel 1:8Easton · Nave 2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
- 1 Chronicles 6:26ISBE · Nave 4. Possibly identical with number three above
As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:27Easton · Nave 2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding
Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
- 1 Chronicles 6:34Easton · Nave 2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding
The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
- 1 Chronicles 6:35ISBE · Nave 4. Possibly identical with number three above
The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
- 1 Chronicles 6:36ISBE · Nave 3. A Levite
The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
- 1 Chronicles 9:16ISBE · Nave 5. A Levite
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
- 1 Chronicles 12:6ISBE · Nave 6. A Levite who joined David at Ziklag
Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
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- 1 Chronicles 15:23 ISBE · Nave 7. A doorkeeper for the ark, perhaps identical with number six above
- 2 Chronicles 28:7 ISBE · Nave 8. A prince of Ahaz
- Numbers 26:11 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 1:1–28 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 1:19 Nave 2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding
- 1 Samuel 1:21 Nave 2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding
- 1 Samuel 1:23 Nave 2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding
- 1 Samuel 2:11–20 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 2:11 Nave 2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding
- 1 Samuel 2:20 Nave 2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding
- 1 Chronicles 6:15 ISBE
- 1 Chronicles 6:22 Easton
- 1 Chronicles 6:25 Nave 3. A Levite
- 1 Chronicles 12:1 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 8 references
God-created. (1.) The second son of Korah (Ex. 6:24), or, according to 1 Chr. 6:22, 23, more correctly his grandson.
(2.) Another Levite of the line of Heman the singer, although he does not seem to have performed any of the usual Levitical offices. He was father of Samuel the prophet (1 Chr. 6:27, 34). He was “an Ephrathite” (1 Sam. 1:1, 4, 8), but lived at Ramah, a man of wealth and high position. He had two wives, Hannah, who was the mother of Samuel, and Peninnah.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 14 references
el-ka'-na ('elqanah, "God has possessed"):
(1) An Ephraimite, the father of Samuel (1Sa 1:1-28; 2:11-20). Of his two wives, Hannah, the childless, was best beloved. At Shiloh she received through Eli the promise of a son. Elkanah, with Hannah, took the young Samuel to Shiloh when he was weaned, and left him with EIi as their offering to Yahweh. They were blessed with three other sons and two daughters.
(2) The second son of Korah (Ex 6:24), who escaped the fate of Korah, Dathan and Abiram (Nu 26:11).
(3) One "next to the king" in Jerusalem in the time of Ahaz; slain by one Zichri of Ephraim in war with Pekah (2Ch 28:7).
(4) One of the Korahites among David's "mighty men" (1Ch 12:1,6).
(5) A Levite, possibly the same as (2) above (1Ch 6:23,15,36).
(6) Another Levite of the same line (1Ch 6:26,35).
(7) Another Levite, ancestor of Berechiah (1Ch 9:16).
(8) Another Levite (if not the same as (4) above), one of the "doorkeepers for the ark" (1Ch 15:23).
F. K. Farr
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 20 references, grouped by sub-topic
- 1. Grandson of Korah Ex 6:24; 1Ch 6:23
- 2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding 1Sa 1:1,4,8,19,21,23; 2:11,20; 1Ch 6:27,34
- 3. A Levite 1Ch 6:25,36
- 4. Possibly identical with number three above 1Ch 6:26,35
- 5. A Levite 1Ch 9:16
- 6. A Levite who joined David at Ziklag 1Ch 12:6
- 7. A doorkeeper for the ark, perhaps identical with number six above 1Ch 15:23
- 8. A prince of Ahaz 2Ch 28:7
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.