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Elkanah in Naves Topical Bible

1. Grandson of Korah Ex 6:24; 1Ch 6:23 -2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding 1Sa 1:1,4,8,19,21,23; 2:11,20; 1Ch 6:27,34 -3. A Levite 1Ch 6:25,36 -4. Possibly identical with number three above 1Ch 6:26,35 -5. A Levite 1Ch 9:16 -6. A Levite who joined David at Ziklag 1Ch 12:6 -7. A doorkeeper for the ark, perhaps identical w...

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Eliphelet in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(See ELIPHALET.) 1. 2 Samuel 23:34. 2. 1 Chronicles 8:39. 3. 1 Chronicles 8:13. 4. 1 Chronicles 10:33....

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Elishah in Naves Topical Bible

A descendant of Noah Ge 10:4; 1Ch 1:7 -Islands of the Mediterranean bear the name of Eze 27:7...

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Elishama in Easton's Bible Dictionary

whom God hears. (1.) A prince of Benjamin, grandfather of Joshua (Num. 1:10; 1 Chr. 7:26). (2.) One of David's sons (2 Sam. 5:16). (3.) Another of David's sons (1 Chr. 3:6). (4.) A priest sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the people the law (2 Chr. 17:8)....

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Elishaphat in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Son of Zichri, whom Jehoiada employed to assemble the Levites to Jerusalem to restore Joash to the throne (2 Chronicles 23:1)....

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Elkanah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(God-provided). 1. Son, or rather grandson, see 1Ch 6:22,23 ( 1Chr 6:7,8 ) of Korah, according to Ex 6:24 2. A descendant of the above in the line of Ahimoth, otherwise Mahath, (1Chr 6;26,35; Hebr 11:20 3. Another Kohathite Levite, father of Samuel the illustrious judge and prophet. 1Ch 6:27,34 (B.C. about 1190.) All that is known of him is ...

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Elisha in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

A prophet, the disciple and successor of Elijah. He was the son of Shaphat, lived at Abel-meholah, at the northern end of the Jordan valley and a little South of the Sea of Galilee. Nothing is told of his parents but the father's name, though he must have been a man of some wealth and doubtless of earnest piety. No hint is given of Elisha's ag...

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Elishah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(God is salvation), the eldest son of Javan. Ge 10:4 The residence of his descendants is described in Eze 27:7 as the isles of Elishah, whence the Phoenicians obtained their purple and blue dyes. Some connect the race of Elishah with the AEolians, others with Elishah, and in a more extended sense Peloponnesus, or even Hellas....

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Elishama in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Numbers 1:10; Numbers 2:18; Numbers 7:48; Numbers 10:22; 1 Chronicles 7:26-27. 1 Chronicles 7:2. 2 Samuel 5:15-16; 1 Chronicles 3:6; 1 Chronicles 3:8; 1 Chronicles 14:7. 3. 1 Chronicles 2:41. According to tradition, father of Nethaniah and grandfather of Ishmael, "of the seed royal" at the captivity (2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 41:1). 4. Jer...

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Elishaphat in Hitchcock's Bible Names

my God judgeth...

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