Levite living at the time of United Monarchy
Elihu, also known as Eliel, was an ancestor of the prophet Samuel.
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Also known as Eliab · Eliel
Elihu, also referred to as Eliel, is mentioned in the genealogies of the Kohathite Levites as an ancestor of the prophet Samuel (1Sa.1.1; 1Ch.6.27,34). He was the son of Tohu (1Sa.1.1) or Toah (1Ch.6.34) and the father of Jeroham, who was the father of Elkanah, Samuel's father. The variations in the names (Elihu, Eliel, and Eliab) may be due to scribal differences or alternative names for the same individual. The Bible does not provide any further information about Elihu's life or role as a Levite.
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3 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H0453
Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
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