1:1 There was a man from Ramathaim Zophim, 1 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.
17:12 2 Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem 3 in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years. 4
1 tc The translation follows the MT. The LXX reads “a man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite”; this is followed by a number of recent English translations. It is possible the MT reading צוֹפִים (tsofim) arose from dittography of the mem (מ) at the beginning of the following word.
2 tc Some
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
4 tc The translation follows the Lucianic recension of the LXX and the Syriac Peshitta in reading “in years,” rather than MT “among men.”