1 Samuel 1:1

Holman Christian Standard Bible

There was a man from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:26

Now Solomon’s servant, Jeroboam son of Nebat, was an Ephraimite from Zeredah. His widowed mother’s name was Zeruah. Jeroboam rebelled against Solomon,

1 Chronicles 6:12

Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Shallum;

1 Chronicles 6:22

Kohath’s sons: his son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir,

1 Chronicles 6:33

These are the men who served with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

1 Chronicles 6:34

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

Matthew 27:57

When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

Joshua 24:33

And Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.

Judges 12:5

The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim. Whenever a fugitive from Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites asked him, “Are you an Ephraimite? ” If he answered, “No,”

Judges 17:1

There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Micah.

Judges 19:1

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite living in a remote part of the hill country of Ephraim acquired a woman from Bethlehem in Judah as his concubine.

Judges 4:5

It was her custom to sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her for judgment.

Ruth 1:2

The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife’s name was Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They entered the land of Moab and settled there.

Ruth 4:22

And Obed fathered Jesse, who fathered David.

1 Samuel 1:19

The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the Lord. Afterward, they returned home to Ramah. Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of the Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons and during Saul’s reign was already an old man.

1 Samuel 2:11

Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy served the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 7:17

Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, he judged Israel there, and he built an altar to the Lord there.

1 Samuel 9:4

Saul and his attendant went through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the region of Shalishah, but they didn’t find them. They went through the region of Shaalim — nothing. Then they went through the Benjaminite region but still didn’t find them.

1 Samuel 9:5

When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to the attendant who was with him, “Come on, let’s go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”