1 Samuel 1:1

New English Translation

There was a man from Ramathaim Zophim, from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:26

Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against the king. He was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.

1 Chronicles 6:12

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

1 Chronicles 6:22

The sons of Kohath: His son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir,

1 Chronicles 6:33

These are the ones who served along with their sons: From the Kohathites: Heman the musician, 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

Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

Joshua 24:33

Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him in Gibeah in the hill country of Ephraim, where his son Phinehas had been assigned land.

Judges 12:5

The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”

Judges 17:1

There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.

Judges 19:1

In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

Judges 4:5

She would sit under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled.

Ruth 1:2

(Now the man’s name was Elimelech, his wife was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were of the clan of Ephrath from Bethlehem in Judah.) They entered the region of Moab and settled there.

Ruth 4:22

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

1 Samuel 1:19

They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years.

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 7:17

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

1 Samuel 9:4

So Saul crossed through the hill country of Ephraim, passing through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. So they crossed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he crossed through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.

1 Samuel 9:5

When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come on, let’s head back before my father quits worrying about the donkeys and becomes anxious about us!”