1 Samuel 1:1

The Birth of Samuel

¹ Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the _a mountains of Ephraim, and his name was _b Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of ₁ Elihu, the son of ₂ Tohu, the son of Zuph, _c an Ephraimite.

1. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 2:15
   Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh.
   Matthew 1:6
   And Jesse begot David the king. David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
   
2. Cross References
   Joshua 17:17
   And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph - to Ephraim and Manasseh - saying, "You are a great people and have great power; you shall not have only one lot.
   Joshua 17:18
   "but the mountain country shall be yours. Although it is wooded, you shall cut it down, and its farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and are strong."
   Joshua 24:33
   And Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in a hill belonging to Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 6:27
   Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
   1 Chronicles 6:33 - 38
   And these are the ones who ministered with their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel.