Eli
: 
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
Hannah
: wife of Elkanah; Samuel's mother
Ramah
: a town 8 km north of Jerusalem,a town of Simeon,a town of Benjamin 9 km north of Jerusalem and 8 km south of Bethel (OS),a town on the border of Asher (OS),a town of Ephraim 10 km SE of Aphek, and 25 km east of Joppa,a town in Gilead 50-60 km east of Beth-Shan
(31° 53´, 35° 12´);
(33° 6´, 35° 18´);
(32° 56´, 35° 22´);
(31° 49´, 35° 10´);
(32° 33´, 36° 0´)
Samuel
: son of Ammihud; Moses' land distribution deputy for Simeon,son of Tola son of Issachar
Sheol
: the place of the dead Shiloh
: a town having the Tent of Meeting in the time of Judges (IBD)
(32° 3´, 35° 17´)
