1 Sam 1:1
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The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called The First Book of the KINGS
1Sam 1:1 Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives, worships yearly at Shiloh.
1Sam 1:4 He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Peninnah.
1Sam 1:9 Hannah in grief prays for a child.
1Sam 1:12 Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her.
1Sam 1:19 Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at home till he is weaned.
1Sam 1:24 She presents him, according to her vow, to the Lord.
Ramathaim-zophim.
This ancient town, now called Ramla, is, according to Phocas, about thirty-six miles west of Jerusalem, and, according to modern travellers, about nine miles from Joppa and a league from Lydda, between which it is situated.
It is built on a rising ground, on a rich plain, and contains about two thousand families.
1Sam 1:19; Matt 27:57
Arimathea. mount.
Judg 17:1; Judg 19:1
Elkanah.
1Chr 6:25-27; 1Chr 6:34
Zuph.
1Sam 9:5
Ephrathite.
1Sam 17:12; Judg 12:5; Ruth 1:2; 1Kgs 11:26