1 Samuel 1:1

New Century Version

There was a man named Elkanah son of Jeroham from Ramathaim in the mountains of Ephraim. Elkanah was from the family of Zuph. (Jeroham was Elihu’s son. Elihu was Tohu’s son, and Tohu was the son of Zuph from the family group of Ephraim.)

Cross References

1 Kings 11:26

Jeroboam son of Nebat was one of Solomon’s officers. He was an Ephraimite from the town of Zeredah, and he was the son of a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam turned against the king.

1 Chronicles 6:12

Ahitub was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Shallum.

1 Chronicles 6:22

Kohath’s son was Amminadab. Amminadab’s son was Korah. Korah’s son was Assir.

1 Chronicles 6:33

These are the musicians and their sons: From Kohath’s family there was Heman the singer. Heman was Joel’s son. Joel was Samuel’s son.

1 Chronicles 6:34

Samuel was Elkanah’s son. Elkanah was Jeroham’s son. Jeroham was Eliel’s son. Eliel was Toah’s son.

Matthew 27:57

That evening a rich man named Joseph, a follower of Jesus from the town of Arimathea, came to Jerusalem.

Joshua 24:33

And Eleazar son of Aaron died and was buried at Gibeah in the mountains of Ephraim, which had been given to Eleazar’s son Phinehas.

Judges 12:5

The men of Gilead captured the crossings of the Jordan River that led to the country of Ephraim. A person from Ephraim trying to escape would say, “Let me cross the river.” Then the men of Gilead would ask him, “Are you from Ephraim?” If he replied no,

Judges 17:1

There was a man named Micah who lived in the mountains of Ephraim.

Judges 19:1

At that time Israel did not have a king. There was a Levite who lived in the faraway mountains of Ephraim. He had taken a slave woman from the city of Bethlehem in the land of Judah to live with him,

Judges 4:5

Deborah would sit under the Palm Tree of Deborah, which was between the cities of Ramah and Bethel, in the mountains of Ephraim. And the people of Israel would come to her to settle their arguments.

Ruth 1:2

So a man named Elimelech left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons. His wife was named Naomi, and his two sons were named Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathahites from Bethlehem in Judah. When they came to Moab, they settled there.

Ruth 4:22

Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.

1 Samuel 1:19

Early the next morning Elkanah’s family got up and worshiped the Lord. Then they went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had sexual relations with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons. In Saul’s time Jesse was an old man.

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy continued to serve the Lord under Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 7:17

But Samuel always went back to Ramah, where his home was. There he judged Israel and built an altar to the Lord.

1 Samuel 9:4

Saul went through the mountains of Ephraim and the land of Shalisha, but he and the servant could not find the donkeys. They went into the land of Shaalim, but the donkeys were not there. They went through the land of Benjamin, but they still did not find them.

1 Samuel 9:5

When they arrived in the area of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Let’s go back or my father will stop thinking about the donkeys and will start worrying about us.”