1 Samuel 1
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1 Samuel 1:1-3

1Now there wasH1961 aH259 manH376 namedH8034 ElkanahH511 who was fromH4480 Ramathaim-zophimH74361 in the hill countryH2022 of EphraimH669. He was the sonH1121 of JerohamH3395, the sonH1121 of ElihuH453,2 the sonH1121 of TohuH8459, the sonH1121 of ZuphH6689, an EphraimiteH673. 2He had twoH8147 wivesH802, oneH259 namedH8034 HannahH2584H8034 and the otherH8145 PeninnahH6444. And PeninnahH6444 hadH1961 childrenH3206, but HannahH2584 had noneH369H3206.

3Year after yearH3117 Elkanah would go upH5927 from his cityH5892 to worshipH7812 and sacrificeH2076 to the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635 at ShilohH7887, whereH8033 Eli’sH5941 twoH8147 sonsH1121, HophniH2652 and PhinehasH6372, were priestsH3548 to the LORDH3068.

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  1. 1. 1 Samuel 1:1 Or from Ramathaim, a Zuphite; see LXX and 1 Chronicles 6:26 and 35. ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 1:1 Elihu is also called Eliab and Eliel; see 1 Chronicles 6:27 and 34. ↩

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