Another Levite of the line of Heman the singer, although he does not seem to have performed any of the usual Levitical offices. The King James Version names Elkanah in 10 verses, from 1 Samuel 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 6:34. The King James Version also gives the name Elkanah to 7 other people, listed on this page.
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Elkanah’s own words.
Elkanah speaks in 2 verses of the King James Version, all in 1 Samuel.
His first words in the Bible
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
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Who Elkanah was.
Another Levite of the line of Heman the singer, although he does not seem to have performed any of the usual Levitical offices. He was father of Samuel the prophet (1 Chr. 6:27, 34). He was “an Ephrathite” (1 Sam. 1:1, 4, 8), but lived at Ramah, a man of wealth and high position. He had two wives, Hannah, who was the mother of Samuel, and Peninnah.
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All 10 verses that name this Elkanah.
1 Samuel 8
1 Samuel 1:1Now 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:
1 Samuel 1:4And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
1 Samuel 1:8Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
1 Samuel 1:19And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
1 Samuel 1:21And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
1 Samuel 1:23And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
1 Samuel 2:11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 2:20And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
1 Chronicles 6:36The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
Elkanah, Son of Mahath.
Named in 2 verses.
1 Chronicles 6:26As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
1 Chronicles 6:35The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
Elkanah, Father of Asa.
Named in 1 verse.
1 Chronicles 9:16And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
Elkanah.
Named in 1 verse.
1 Chronicles 12:6Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
Elkanah.
Named in 1 verse.
1 Chronicles 15:23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Elkanah.
Named in 1 verse.
2 Chronicles 28:7And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
Questions about Elkanah.
Who was Elkanah in the Bible?
Another Levite of the line of Heman the singer, although he does not seem to have performed any of the usual Levitical offices. The King James Version names Elkanah in 10 verses, from 1 Samuel 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 6:34.
Who was Elkanah’s father?
Jeroham.
Who were Elkanah’s wifes?
Hannah and Peninnah.
Who was Elkanah’s child?
BibleLectio’s family tree lists Samuel.
Where does Elkanah speak in the Bible?
In 2 verses of the King James Version, all in 1 Samuel. His first words are in 1 Samuel 1:8.