1 Samuel 1:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

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  • 1 Sam 1:19 : 19 ¶ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
  • 1 Chr 6:25-27 : 25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. 26 [As for] Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
  • 1 Chr 6:34 : 34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
  • Matt 27:57 : 57 ¶ When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
  • 1 Sam 9:5 : 5 [And] when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that [was] with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave [caring] for the asses, and take thought for us.
  • 1 Sam 17:12 : 12 ¶ Now David [was] the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name [was] Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men [for] an old man in the days of Saul.
  • 1 Kgs 11:26 : 26 ¶ And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name [was] Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up [his] hand against the king.
  • Josh 24:33 : 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill [that pertained to] Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
  • Judg 12:5 : 5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was [so], that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
  • Judg 17:1 : 1 ¶ And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.
  • Judg 19:1 : 1 ¶ And it came to pass in those days, when [there was] no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.
  • Ruth 1:2 : 2 And the name of the man [was] Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
  • Josh 17:17-18 : 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, [even] to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou [art] a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot [only]: 18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it [is] a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, [and] though they [be] strong.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 1:2-5
    4 verses
    85%

    2And he had two wives; the name of the one [was] Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

    3And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.

    4And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

    5But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

  • 1 Chr 6:25-28
    4 verses
    76%

    25And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

    26[As for] Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

    27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

    28And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

  • Ruth 1:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1¶ Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

    2And the name of the man [was] Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

    3And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

  • 1 Sam 1:18-24
    7 verses
    74%

    18And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more [sad].

    19¶ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

    20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of the LORD.

    21And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

    22But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, [I will not go up] until the child be weaned, and [then] I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

    23And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

    24And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child [was] young.

  • 1 Chr 6:34-36
    3 verses
    73%

    34The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

    35The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

    36The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

  • Judg 17:1
    72%

    1¶ And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.

  • 1 Sam 2:11
    71%

    11¶ And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

  • 1 Sam 2:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.

    21And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 1:8-11
    4 verses
    71%

    8Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? [am] not I better to thee than ten sons?

    9¶ So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.

    10And she [was] in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.

    11And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

  • Judg 13:2
    71%

    2And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not.

  • Luke 1:5
    71%

    5¶ There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife [was] of the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elisabeth.

  • 1 Sam 9:1
    70%

    1¶ Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name [was] Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

  • Num 1:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.

    10Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

  • Jer 1:1
    68%

    1¶ The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that [were] in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

  • Matt 1:1
    68%

    1¶ The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    68%

    12¶ Now David [was] the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name [was] Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men [for] an old man in the days of Saul.

  • Matt 1:13-15
    3 verses
    68%

    13And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;

    14And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;

    15And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;

  • Exod 2:1
    67%

    1¶ And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter of Levi.

  • 1 Sam 1:26
    67%

    26And she said, Oh my lord, [as] thy soul liveth, my lord, I [am] the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 12:6
    67%

    6Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,

  • 1 Sam 1:13
    66%

    13Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

  • Judg 19:1
    66%

    1¶ And it came to pass in those days, when [there was] no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.

  • 1 Chr 4:4
    66%

    4And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These [are] the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

  • Job 1:1
    66%

    1¶ There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

  • Num 3:30
    66%

    30And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites [shall be] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

  • Zeph 1:1
    65%

    1¶ The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.