Elkanah (name)

Elkanah Elkanah ( ''’Ĕlqānā'' "El (deity), El has purchased") was, according to the Books of Samuel, First Book of Samuel, the husband of Hannah (biblical figure), Hannah, and the father of her children including her first, Samuel. Elkanah practiced ...

is a figure in the First Book of Samuel, the husband of Hannah and father of Samuel. Elkanah may also refer to: * A

Levite Levites ( ; ) or Levi are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname ''Halevi'', which consists of the Hebrew definite article "" ''Ha-' ...

, ancestor of a certain

Berechiah Berechiah is a Jewish name that occurs several times in the Bible. It is derived from Berakhah, "blessing". People named Berechiah In scripture * the father of the Hebrew prophet Zechariah and son of Iddo, according to , but probably not the ...

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Chronicles Chronicles may refer to: * Books of Chronicles in the Bible * Chronicle, chronological histories * ''The Chronicles of Narnia'', a novel series by C. S. Lewis * ''The Chronicles of Prydain'', a novel series by Lloyd Alexander. * ''Holinshed's Chro ...

9: 16) * A Levite, son of the rebellious

Korah Korah ( ''Qōraḥ''; ''Qārūn''), son of Izhar, is an individual who appears in the Biblical Book of Numbers of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) and four different verses in the Quran, known for leading a rebellion against Moses. Some olde ...

and brother of Abiasaph. (

Exodus Exodus or the Exodus may refer to: Religion * Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible * The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan Historical events * Ex ...

6: 24) * A Levite, descendant of Korah, who "came to

David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...

Ziklag Ziklag () is the Bible, biblical name of a town in the Negev region in the southwest of what was the Kingdom of Judah. It was a provincial town in the Philistine kingdom of Gath (city), Gath when Achish was king. Its exact location has not been id ...

while he was still under restrictions because of

Saul Saul (; , ; , ; ) was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy, a polity of uncertain historicity. His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh c ...

". (1 Chronicles chapter 12) * A Levite, descendant from Korah through Abiasaph, mentioned as the great grandfather of the next. (1 Chronicles chapter 6) * A Levite, mentioned as the great great great grandfather of Elkanah, Samuel's father. * One of the gatekeepers of the

Ark of the Covenant The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, was a religious storage chest and relic held to be the most sacred object by the Israelites. Religious tradition describes it as a wooden storage chest decorat ...

, when David transferred it to Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles chapter 15) * An official in king

Ahaz Ahaz (; ''Akhaz''; ) an abbreviation of Jehoahaz II (of Judah), "Yahweh has held" (; ''Ya'úḫazi'' 'ia-ú-ḫa-zi'' Hayim Tadmor and Shigeo Yamada, ''The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III (744-727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726-722 BC), ...

' court. (2 Chronicles chapter 28) See also

Elkana Elkana or Elqana () is an Israeli settlement and Local council (Israel), local council in the north-western Samarian hills in the West Bank, located 3.1 km to the east of the Green Line (Israel), Green Line and the city of Rosh HaAyin.

or Elqana, a Jewish settlement in the northern West Bank. ''Elkanah/Elkana'' can also be a surname or a male forename. Some notable people with the first name Elkanah: *

Elkanah Settle Elkanah Settle (1 February 1648 – 12 February 1724) was an English poet and playwright. Biography He was born at Dunstable, and entered Trinity College, Oxford, in 1666, but left without taking a degree. His first tragedy, '' Cambyses, King ...

(1648-1724) English poet and playwright *

Elkanah Billings Elkanah Billings (May 5, 1820 – June 14, 1876) is often referred to as Canada's first paleontologist. Billings was born on a farm by the Rideau River outside Bytown (Ottawa), now known as Billings Estate. His parents were named Lamira Dow an ...

(1820-1876) Canada's first paleontologist *

Elkanah Watson Elkanah Watson (January 22, 1758 – December 5, 1842) was an American agriculturist, writer, banker, and businessman. He was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts and died at Port Kent, New York. He worked in Albany, New York for several years, fo ...

(1758-1842) American writer, agriculturalist and canal promoter * Elkanah Angwenyi (born 1983) Kenyan 1500m runner *

Elkanah Armitage Sir Elkanah Armitage DL (6 September 1794 – 26 November 1876) was a British industrialist and Liberal politician. Early life He was born the third of six sons of Elkanah Armitage, a farmer and linen weaver from Failsworth, Lancashire. He l ...

(1794-1876) British industrialist and Liberal politician. * Elkanah Greer (1825-1877) American cotton planter and general *

Elkanah Young Elkanah Young (c. 1800 – April 13, 1876) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Falmouth township from 1843 to 1847 and from 1851 to 1855 and Hants County from 1867 to 1871 as a Liberal-Conservative member ...

(1804-1876) Nova Scotia merchant and politician * Elkanah Onyeali (died 2008) Nigerian footballer *

Elkanah Tisdale Elkanah Tisdale (1768 – May 1, 1835) was an American engraver, miniature painter and cartoonist. He was known for the famous cartoon "The Gerry-Mander", published in the ''Boston Gazette'' on March 26, 1812, which led to the coining of th ...

(1768-1835) American engraver and cartoonist * Elkanah Kelsey Dare (1782-1826) American hymn composer Some notable people surnamed Elkana: * Amos Elkana (born 1967) Israeli composer, guitarist and electronic musician * Yehuda Elkana (1934-2012) Israeli historian and philosopher of science, President of the Central European University in Budapest. {{given name