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Smith's Bible Dictionary
(God-provided).
•Son, or rather grandson, see (1 Chronicles 6:22,23) (1Chr 6:7,8) of Korah, according to (Exodus
6:24)
•A descendant of the above in the line of Ahimoth, otherwise Mahath, (1Chr 6;26,35; Hebr 11:20
•Another Kohathite Levite, father of Samuel the illustrious judge and prophet. (1 Chronicles 6:27,34)
(B.C. about 1190.) All that is known of him is contained in the above notices and in (1 Samuel
1:1,4,8,19,21,23) and 1Sam 2:11,20
•A Levite. (1 Chronicles 9:16)
•A Korhite who joined David while he was at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:6) (B.C. 1054.)
•An officer in the household of Ahaz king of Judah, who was slain by Zichri the Ephraimite when
Pekah invaded Judah. (2 Chronicles 28:7) (B.C. 739.)
Elkosh
(God my bow), the birthplace of the prophet Nahum, hence called “the Elkoshite.” (Nahum
1:1) This place is located at the modern Alkush, a village on the east bank of the Tigris, about two
miles north of Mosul. Some think a small village in Galilee is intended.
Ellasar
(oak), the city of Arioch, (Genesis 14:1) seems to be the Hebrew representative of the old
Chaldean town called in the native dialect Larsa or Larancha . Larsa was a town of lower Babylonia
or Chaldea, situated nearly halfway between Ur (Mugheir) and Erech (Warka), on the left bank of
the Euphrates. It is now Senkereh.
Elm
(Hosea 4:13) [See Oak]
Elmadam
In the Revised Version, (Luke 3:28) Same as Elmodam.
Elmodam
(measure), son of Er, in the genealogy of Joseph. (Luke 3:28)
Elnaam
(God his delight), the father of Jeribai and Joshaviah, two of David’s guard, according to (1
Chronicles 11:46)
Elnathan, Or Elnathan
(God hath given).
•The maternal grandfather of Jehoiachin, (2 Kings 24:8) the same with Elnathan the son of Achbor.
(Jeremiah 26:22; 36:12,25)
•The name of three persons, apparently Levites, in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 8:16)
Elon
(an oak).
•A Hittite, whose daughter was one of Esau’s wives. (Genesis 26:34; 36:2) (B.C. 1797.)
•The second of the three sons attributed to Zebulun, (Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26) and the
founder of the family of the Elonites. (B.C. 1695.)
•Elon the Zebulonite, who judged Israel for ten years, and was buried in Aijalon in Zebulun. (Judges
12:11,12) (B.C. 1174-1164).
•On of the towns in the border of the tribe of Dan. (Joshua 19:43)
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