1 Samuel 1:1
Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
Note Or from Ramathaim, a Zuphite; see LXX and 1 Chronicles 6:26 and 35.
Note Elihu is also called Eliab and Eliel; see 1 Chronicles 6:27 and 34.
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:
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.
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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Ramathaim-zophim
- This ancient town, now called Ramla, is, according to Phocas, about thirty-six miles west of Jerusalem, and, according to modern travellers, about nine miles from Joppa and a league from Lydda, between which it is situated. It is built on a rising ground, on a rich plain, and contains about two thousand families.
- 1 Samuel 1:19; Matthew 27:57
- Arimathea
- mount.
- Judges 17:1; Judges 19:1
- Elkanah
- 1 Chronicles 6:25–27, 34
- Zuph
- 1 Samuel 9:5
- Ephrathite
- 1 Samuel 17:12; Judges 12:5; Ruth 1:2; 1 Kings 11:26