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Bible Dictionaries
Elkanah
Smith's Bible Dictionary
or El'kanah. (God-provided).
1. Son, or rather grandson, see 1 Chronicles 6:22-23; 1 Chronicles 6:7-8, of Korah, according to Exodus 6:24.
2. A descendant of the above, in the line of Ahimoth, otherwise Mahath, 1 Chronicles 6:26; 1 Chronicles 6:35; Hebrews 11:20.
3. Another Kohathite Levite, father of Samuel, the illustrious judge and prophet. 1 Chronicles 6:27; 1 Chronicles 6:34. (B.C. About 1190). All that is known of him is contained in the above notices and in 1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Samuel 1:4; 1 Samuel 1:8; 1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 1:21; 1 Samuel 1:23 and 1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Samuel 2:20.
4. A Levite. 1 Chronicles 9:16.
5. A Korhite, who joined David, while he was at Ziklag. 1 Chronicles 12:6. (B.C. 1054).
5. An officer in the household of Ahaz, king of Judah, who was slain by Zichri, the Ephraimite, when Pekah invaded Judah. 2 Chronicles 28:7. (B.C. 739).
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Elkanah'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/e/elkanah.html. 1901.
