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Zuph
Honeycomb, a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel (1 Sam 1:1); called also Zophai (1 Chr 6:26).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, 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 Samuel 9:5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
- 1 Chronicles 6:35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.