Elkanah

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. Grandson of KorahExodus 6:241 Chronicles 6:23
• 2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding1 Samuel 1:11 Samuel 1:41 Samuel 1:81 Samuel 1:191 Samuel 1:211 Samuel 1:231 Samuel 2:111 Samuel 2:201 Chronicles 6:271 Chronicles 6:34
• 3. A Levite1 Chronicles 6:251 Chronicles 6:36
• 4. Possibly identical with number three above1 Chronicles 6:261 Chronicles 6:35
• 5. A Levite1 Chronicles 9:16
• 6. A Levite who joined David at Ziklag1 Chronicles 12:6
• 7. A doorkeeper for the ark, perhaps identical with number six above1 Chronicles 15:23
• 8. A prince of Ahaz2 Chronicles 28:7

The passages, in Bible order (20)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 6:24

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

   ›Commentary on Exodus 6:242 voices

   “And the sons of Korah,.... The eldest son of Izhar, who, though he proved a bad man, yet many of his posterity were good men, and are often mentioned in general in the titles of some of the psalms of David: the immediate sons of Korah were Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph.

   For though there were three sons of Korah whose names we find in the book of Exodus—Aser, which is, by interpretation, "instruction," and the second Elkana, which is translated "possession of God," and the third Abiasaph, which in the Greek tongue might be rendered "congregation of the father"—yet the prophecies were not divided but were both spoken and written by one spirit and one voice and one soul, which worked in true harmony. And the three speak as one, "As the hart pants after the springs of the water, so pants my soul after you, O God."

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2. 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.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:12 voices

   “Is not this very thing a reason for praising the just person, that one can say of him: "There was one man"? We who are still sinners cannot acquire that title of praise because each of us is not one but many. For looking at me is the face of one who is now angry, and then sad, a little later happy, and then disturbed and then gentle, at times concerned with the things of God and actions leading to eternal life, but shortly after doing things based on greed or the glory of this world.

   “Now there was a man of Ramathaimzophim, of Mount Ephraim,....

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3. 1 Samuel 1:4

   And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:42 voices

   “It was out of these consecrated viands Elkanah gave portions to all the members of his family; but "unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion"; that is, a larger choice, according to the Eastern fashion of showing regard to beloved or distinguished guests.

   “14. What day do we believe this to be, except the one which Isaiah established by the testimony of the sacred Scriptures, saying: "He shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer shall be silent, and shall not open his mouth" (Isaiah 53:7)? For the day came when the brilliance of the promised oracle revealed the time of the Lord's passion. Then Elkanah sacrificed, because our Redeemer offered himself to the eternal Father in the sacrifice of our absolution through the death of the cross.

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4. 1 Samuel 1:8

   “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:82 voices

   “Thus a Godward fast is a work of reverential awe. By its means also Hannah the wife of Elkanah making suit, barren as she had been beforetime, easily obtained from God the filling of her belly, empty of food, with a son, indeed, and a prophet.

   “Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou?....

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5. 1 Samuel 1:19

   The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:192 voices

   “For the peace-offerings typified Christ's mediation, as well as the sin-offerings: since by this not only atonement is made for sin, but an answer to our prayers obtained. Give him - That is, consecrate him to God's service in his temple. No razor - That is, he shall be a perpetual Nazarite.

   “(Moral Exposition) After the multiplication of prayers with his wife Anna, to adore in the morning is among the great gifts of virtues to preserve the virtue of humility; and because the soul which is still weighed down by this burden of corruption cannot stand longer in that sublime vision, they are fittingly reported to have returned to their own city.

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6. 1 Samuel 1:21

   Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:212 voices

   “40. But what is the solemn sacrifice of the victim, if not that offering of love of the holy Church, by which she is joined to her Creator in eternal contemplation? To this sacrifice Elkanah ascended when our Redeemer, now triumphing over death, now overcoming the darkness of our mortality, raised to the heavens the flesh which He had assumed for our salvation. With Him His whole household also ascended, because He lifted the earlier elect of the Synagogue to the height of immortality.

   “And the man Elkanah, and all his house,....

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7. 1 Samuel 1:23

   “Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:232 voices

   “43. Now when Elkanah's ascent is described, his whole house is said to have ascended with him, because those whose minds he elevates he holds as members of his household and intimates in the height of his contemplation. But what is the solemn sacrifice of Elkanah, that is, of our Redeemer, if not the love of that ineffable inner instruction in the hearts of his saints? For each of them finds ineffable delight in himself through that which the revealed sublimity of the Redeemer teaches so sublimely.

   “And Elkanah her husband said unto her, do what seemeth thee good,....

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8. 1 Samuel 2:11

   Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:112 voices

   “1. We have shown that this man indeed designates the Redeemer of the human race; Anna his wife, His Church; the boy Samuel, the people of believers from the nations; and Ramatha the city, the heavenly homeland. What then does it mean that after his wife's canticle Elkanah is said to have gone away to Ramatha his city, since Anna sang her canticle to God after the boy was born, and the Redeemer ascended to heaven before the holy Church had begotten the gentile people in faith?

   “And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house,.... Of which see 1Sa 1:

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9. 1 Samuel 2:20

   And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:202 voices

   “And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife,....

   “Eli blessed Elkanah - The natural place of this verse seems to be before the 11th; after which the 21st should come in; after the 21st, perhaps the 26th should come in. The subjects in this chapter seem very much entangled and confused by the wrong position of the verses.

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10. 1 Chronicles 6:23

    Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

    ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 6:231 voice

    “Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.

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11. 1 Chronicles 6:25

    The descendants of Elkanah:

    ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 6:251 voice

    “Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.

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12. 1 Chronicles 6:26

    Amasai, Ahimoth, Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,

    ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 6:261 voice

    “Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.

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13. 1 Chronicles 6:27

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

    ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 6:271 voice

    “Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.

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14. 1 Chronicles 6:34

    Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

    ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 6:341 voice

    “Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.

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15. 1 Chronicles 6:35

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

    ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 6:351 voice

    “Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.

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16. 1 Chronicles 6:36

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

    ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 6:361 voice

    “Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.

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