1 Samuel 1:1-2

Expanded Bible

Samuel’s Birth

1 There was a [certain] man named Elkanah son of Jeroham from ·Ramathaim [Ramah; ^Cjust north of Jerusalem] in the ·mountains [hill country] of Ephraim. Elkanah was from the ·family [or region] of Zuph. (Jeroham was Elihu’s son. Elihu was Tohu’s son, and Tohu was the son of Zuph ·from the family group of Ephraim [an Ephraimite].) ² Elkanah had two wives named Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none [^Cchildlessness carried a serious social stigma].