THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 1:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
There was a man of Ramathaimsophim, of Mount Ephraim, and his name was Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliu, the son of Thohu, the son of Suph, an Ephraimite:
וַיְהִי֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶחָ֜ד מִן־הָרָמָתַ֛יִם צוֹפִ֖ים מֵהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וּשְׁמ֡וֹ אֶ֠לְקָנָה בֶּן־יְרֹחָ֧ם בֶּן־אֱלִיה֛וּא בֶּן־תֹּ֥חוּ בֶן־צ֖וּף אֶפְרָתִֽי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Chr 6:25The sons of Elcana: Amasai, and Achimoth.
- 1 Chr 6:27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elcana his son.
- 1 Chr 6:34The son of Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Thohu,
- 1 Sam 1:19And they rose in the morning, and worshipped before the Lord: and they returned, and came into their house at Ramatha. And Elcana knew Anna his wife: And the Lord remembered her.
- Ruth 1:2He was named Elimelech, and his wife Noemi: and his two sons, the one Mahalon, and the other Chelion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Juda. And entering into the country of Moab, they abode there.
- 1 Sam 9:5And when they were come to the land of Suph, Saul said to the servant that was with him: Come, let us return, lest perhaps my father forget the asses, and be concerned for us.
- Judg 19:1There was a certain Levite, who dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, who took a wife of Bethlehem Juda:
- 1 Sam 17:12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite, of Bethlehem Juda, before mentioned, whose name was Isai, who had eight sons, and was an old man in the days of Saul, and of great age among men.