Thematic Bible: Elkanah


Thematic Bible



Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord give you children from this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the Lord.” And they went to their own home.

Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.

Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the boy ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.

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

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

Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim from 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.

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

Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow.

Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you. Remain until you have weaned him; only may the Lord confirm His word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.


The sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

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


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

As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were Zophai his son and Nahath his son,


The sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth.

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

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


Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.


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


And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son and Azrikam the ruler of the house and Elkanah the second to the king.


When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters; but to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had closed her womb.


And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son and Azrikam the ruler of the house and Elkanah the second to the king.


He had two wives: the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.


Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.


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