Elkanah

Of Gershon were Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zema his son, Joar his son, Edo his son, Zerah his son, and Jetharai his son.

The sons of Koath were Aminadab his son, Korah his son, Asir his son, Elkanah his son, Ebeasaph his son, Asir his son, Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

The sons of Elkanah were Amashai and Hahimoth.

As for Elkanah, The sons of Elkanah were Zophai his son, Nahath his son, Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.

The sons of Samuel were Joel the firstborn and Abijah the second.

The sons of Merari were Mali, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, Shimeah his son, Haggai his son, and Asaiah his son.

They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.

And these were the ones who ministered with their sons.

Hannah had a burden for a child and for Israel's future.

And I pray for you that when you are Hannah, you will not allow Elkanah deceive you You know the mercy of God to Anna was Peninnah.

Mercy is mysterious.

Because if you listen to Ekana, am I not 12 sons? No, you're not.

Penina, her intentions were noble, were heavenly.

Now, who are these people? These people are co-wives of a gentleman named Elkanah.

And we read the story in the beginning of Samuel 1, chapter 1.

There's a man named Elkanah, and he has two wives, one named Penina.

And Penina has loads of children, 10, according to the Midrash.

And Hannah, Chana, is completely barren.

But it says this, starting with verse one.

It says, "There was a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.

He had two wives.

The name of the-- The name of the one was Hannah and the name of the other Peninnah and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of Hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.

On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah, his wife, and to all her sons and daughters.

But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.

And her rival used to provoke her grievously, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.

But fathers ever turned from their righteousness, and from the holy commandments which the Lord their God had given unto them, and to the worshipping of the gods of the heaven, utterly refused to hearken to my voice.

For their hearts were set to do evil, and were wholly turned to the god of Elkanah, and the god of Limnah, and the god of Bamakwa, and the god of Korosh, and the god Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

Therefore they turned their hearts to the sacrifice of the aphid in offering up their children unto their dumb idols, and argued not unto my voice, but endeavored to take away my life by the hand of the priest of Elkanah.

The priest of Elkanah was also the priest of Pharaoh.

Now at this time it was the custom of the priest of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to offer up unto the altar which was built in the land of Shodea, for the offering unto three strange gods, men, women, and children.

And it came to pass that the priest made an offering unto the god of Pharaoh, and also unto the god of Shechuel, even after the manner of the Egyptians.

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it was made out of the form of a bedstead such as was at among the chaldeans and it stood before the gods of elkanah levnah mamechua kawash and also a god quite untruthful of pharaoh kith egypt that you may have an understanding of these gods i have given you the version of them in the figures at the beginning which manner of the figures is called by the judeans will show first as they lifted up their hands upon me that they might offer me up and take away my life behold i lifted up my voice unto the lord my god and the lord hearkened and heard and he filled me with the fish of the almighty and the angel of his presence stood by me and immediately unroost my bands and his voice was unto me, Abraham, Abraham, behold, my name is Jehovah, and I have heard thee, and have come down to deliver thee, and to take thee away from thy father's house, and from all thy kinsfolk, into a strange land which thou knowest not of.

Now there was a certain man of Ramathim-Sophim, of the hill country of Ephraim.

His name was Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Toah, son of Zufah, Zufah, Zuf, Zuf, and Ephraimite.

He had two wives.

The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other was Hanani.

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Two sons of Eli, Hopfni and Phineas, were co-animed of Adonai there.

Then they designated Then on the designated day, Elkanah would sacrifice and give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

But to Hannah, he would give only one portion, even though he loved Hannah, for Adonai had closed her womb.