Thematic Bible: Elkanah


Thematic Bible



Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife: “May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she has given to the Lord.” Then they would go home.

“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why are you troubled? Am I not better to you than 10 sons?”

The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the Lord. Afterward, they returned home to Ramah. Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy served the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.

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

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

There was a man from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

Whenever Elkanah offered a sacrifice, he always gave portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to each of her sons and daughters.

When Elkanah and all his household went up to make the annual sacrifice and his vow offering to the Lord,

Her husband Elkanah replied, “Do what you think is best, and stay here until you’ve weaned him. May the Lord confirm your word.” So Hannah stayed there and nursed her son until she weaned him.


The sons of Korah:
Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph.
These are the clans of the Korahites.

his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph,
his son Assir,


son of Zuph, son of Elkanah,
son of Mahath, son of Amasai,

his son Elkanah, his son Zophai,
his son Nahath,


Elkanah’s sons: Amasai and Ahimoth,

Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun;
and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

son of Elkanah, son of Joel,
son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,


Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.


Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;


An Ephraimite warrior named Zichri killed the king’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam governor of the palace, and Elkanah who was second to the king.


Whenever Elkanah offered a sacrifice, he always gave portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to each of her sons and daughters. But he gave a double portion to Hannah, for he loved her even though the Lord had kept her from conceiving.


An Ephraimite warrior named Zichri killed the king’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam governor of the palace, and Elkanah who was second to the king.


He had two wives, the first named Hannah and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.


The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the Lord. Afterward, they returned home to Ramah. Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.


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