Reference: Elkanah, or Elkonah
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El'kanah, or El'konah
(God-provided).
1. Son, or rather grandson, see
( 1Chr 6:7,8 ) of Korah, according to
2. A descendant of the above in the line of Ahimoth, otherwise Mahath, (1Chr 6;26,35; Hebr 11:20
3. Another Kohathite Levite, father of Samuel the illustrious judge and prophet.
(B.C. about 1190.) All that is known of him is contained in the above notices and in
4. A Levite.
5. A Korhite who joined David while he was at Ziklag.
(B.C. 1054.)
6. An officer in the household of Ahaz king of Judah, who was slain by Zichri the Ephraimite when Pekah invaded Judah.
(B.C. 739.)
See Verses Found in Dictionary
And the sons of Korah [are] Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph. These [are] the clans of the Korahites.
There was a certain man from Ramathaim Zophim, from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
{On} the day Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.
So Elkanah her husband would say to her: "Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat? And {why are you heartsick}? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"
Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before Yahweh {and returned} to their house at Ramah. Then Elkanah {had sexual relations with} Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her.
So the man Elkanah went up with all his household {to make the annual sacrifice} to Yahweh and [to pay] his vow.
So her husband Elkanah said to her, "{Do what seems right to you}; stay until you wean him. Only may Yahweh fulfill his word." So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.
Then Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house. Now the boy was serving Yahweh {in the presence of} Eli the priest.
And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and he said, "May Yahweh give you an offspring from this woman in place of the petitioned [one] that she requested from Yahweh." Then they went to their home.
Meraioth fathered Amariah; Amariah fathered Ahitub; Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;
The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of Netophathite.
And Zikri, a mighty warrior of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the commander of the house, and Elkanah the second to the king.