Elihu
: son of Tohu/Toah/Nahath; a Levite from Ephraim,a commander from Manasseh who defected to David,son of Shemaiah (Levi); a gatekeeper,brother of David and his chief officer over the tribe of Judah,son of Barachel the Buzite of the family of Ram; friend of Job
Elkanah
: son of Assir of Kohath son of Levi,a man of Ephraim; father-in-law of Ruth the Moabitess; son of Jeroham,son of Shaul (Joel) of Kohath son of Levi,son of Ahimoth (Mahath) of Kohath son of Levi,son of Jeroham of Kohath son of Levi,a Levite whose descendants returned from exile; the father of Asa,a man of Benjamin who defected to David at Ziklag,a Levite porter for the ark in David's time,lieutenant commander of the palace of King Ahaz
Ephraim
: the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel
(31° 57´, 35° 17´)
Ephraimite
: a resident of the territory of Ephraim (31° 57´, 35° 17´)
Hannah
: wife of Elkanah; Samuel's mother
Jeroham
: son of Eliab (Eliel) of Kohath son of Levi,head of a clan of Benjamin,a man of Benjamin whose descendants returned from exile,son of Pelaliah of Pashhur; a priest whose descendants returned from exile,a man of Gedor; father of Joelah and Zebadiah who defected to David,a man of Dan in Saul and David's time,father of Azariah, a military commander who helped Jehoiadah put Joash on the throne of Judah Peninnah
: wife of Elkanah
Ramathaim-zophim
: a town of Ephraim 10 km SE of Aphek, and 25 km east of Joppa (31° 49´, 35° 10´)
Ramathaim-Zophim
: a town of Ephraim 10 km SE of Aphek, and 25 km east of Joppa (31° 49´, 35° 10´)
Tohu
: son of Zuph; a Levite from Ephraim-land; forefather of Samuel Zuph
: son of Elkanah I (Kohath Levi); forefather of Samuel,a district of uncertain location (31° 50´, 35° 11´)
