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Elihu אֱלִיהוּ
An ancestor of Samuel. Elihu, also known as Eliel, was an ancestor of the prophet Samuel.
Also called Eliab, Eliel.
Family
Where Elihu appears
1 Chronicles (2), 1 Samuel (1)
Key verses
- 1 Samuel 1:1 first mention — Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, 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:
- 1 Chronicles 6:27 — Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
- 1 Chronicles 6:34 — The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.